Defn: The act of making necessary, or the state of being made necessary; compulsion. [R.] bp. Bramhall.
NECESSITIED
Ne*ces"si*tied, a.
Defn: In a state of want; necessitous. [Obs.] Shak.
NECESSITOUS
Ne*ces"si*tous, a. Etym: [Cf. F. nécessiteux.]
1. Very needy or indigent; pressed with poverty. Necessitous heirs and penurious parents. Arbuthnot.
2. Narrow; destitute; pinching; pinched; as, necessitous
circumstances.
— Ne*ces"si*tous*ly, adv.
— Ne*ces"si*tous*ness, n.
NECESSITUDE
Ne*ces"si*tude, n. Etym: [L. necessitudo, fr. necesse. See
Necessray.]
1. Necessitousness; want. Sir M. Hale.
2. Necessary connection or relation. Between kings and their people, parents and their children, there is so great a necessitude, propriety, and intercourse of nature. Jer. Taylor.
NECESSITY Ne*ces"si*ty, n.; pl. Necessities. Etym: [OE. necessite, F. nécessité, L. necessitas, fr. necesse. See Necessary.]