Req"ui*site (r?k"w?-z?t), n.

That which is required, or is necessary; something indispensable.

God, on his part, has declared the requisites on ours; what we must do to obtain blessings, is the great business of us all to know. Wake.

 

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Req"ui*site, a. [L. requisitus, p. p. requirere; pref. re- re- + quaerere to ask. See Require.]

Required by the nature of things, or by circumstances; needful that it can not be dispensed with; necessary indispensable.

All truth requisite for men to know. Milton.

Syn. -- Necessary; needful; indispensable; essential.

-- Req"ui*site*ly, adv. -- Req"ui*site*ness, n.

 

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