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Pronunciation : Must
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [OE. moste, a pret. generally meaning, could, was free to, pres. mot, moot, AS. moste, pret. mot, pres.; akin to D. moetan to be obliged, OS. motan to be free, to be obliged, OHG. muozan, G. m?ssen to be obliged, Sw. m?ste must, Goth. gamotan to have plac
Definition : 1. To be obliged; to be necessitated; -- expressing either physical or moral necessity; as, a man must eat for nourishment; we must submit to the laws.

2. To be morally required; to be necessary or essential to a certain quality, character, end, or result; as, he must reconsider the matter; he must have been insane. Likewise must the deacons be grave. 1 Tim. iii. 8. Morover, he [a bishop] must have a good report of them which are without. 1 Tim. iii. 7.

Note: The principal verb, if easy supplied by the mind, was formerly often omitted when must was used; as, I must away. "I must to Coventry." Shak.

i. or auxiliary.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Must
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [AS. must, fr. L. mustum (sc. vinum), from mustus young, new, fresh. Cf. Mustard.]
Definition : 1. The expressed juice of the grape, or other fruit, before fermentation. "These men ben full of must." Wyclif (Acts ii. 13. ). No fermenting must fills ... the deep vats. Longfellow.

2. Etym: [Cf. Musty.]

Defn: Mustiness.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Must
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To make musty; to become musty.

t. & i.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913