Definitions
Needed or required.
Word origin
From Middle English necessarye, from Old French necessaire, from Latin necessārius (“unavoidable, inevitable, required”), variant of necesse (“unavoidable, inevitable”), probably from ne or non cessum, from the perfect passive participle of cēdō (“yield; avoid, withdraw”); see cede.
Used in a sentence
“Although I wished to think that all was false, it was yet necessary that I, who thus thought, must in some sense exist.”
“It is absolutely necessary that you call and confirm your appointment.”
“1.Sen. ...The faults Bloody: 'Tis necessary he should dye: Nothing imboldens sinne so much, as Mercy.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“needed”9 letters
02“Not optional”9 letters
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