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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

REQ'UISITE, a. s as z. [L. requiitus, from requiro.]
Required by the nature of things or by circumstances; necessary; so needful that it cannot be dispensed with. Repentance and faith are requisite to salvation. Air is requisite to support life. Heat is requisite to vegetation.
REQ'UISITE, n. That which is necessary; something indispensable. Contentment is a requisite to a happy life.
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.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: necessary for relief or supply; "provided them with all things needful" [syn: needed, needful, required, requisite] n
1: anything indispensable; "food and shelter are necessities of life"; "the essentials of the good life"; "allow farmers to buy their requirements under favorable conditions"; "a place where the requisites of water fuel and fodder can be obtained" [syn: necessity, essential, requirement, requisite, necessary] [ant: inessential, nonessential]

Merriam Webster's

adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Latin requisitus, past participle of requirere Date: 15th century essential, necessary • requisite noun • requisiteness noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. & n. --adj. required by circumstances; necessary to success etc. --n. (often foll. by for) a thing needed (for some purpose). Derivatives: requisitely adv. Etymology: ME f. L requisitus past part. (as REQUIRE)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Requisite 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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Requisite 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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(requisites) 1. You can use requisite to indicate that something is necessary for a particular purpose. (FORMAL) She filled in the requisite paperwork. ADJ: usu the ADJ n 2. A requisite is something which is necessary for a particular purpose. (FORMAL) An understanding of accounting techniques is a major requisite for the work of the analysts. N-COUNT: usu with supp

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. Needful, needed, necessary, essential, indispensable.

Moby Thesaurus

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