Necessitude
Pronunciation : Ne*ces"si*tude
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [L. necessitudo, fr. necesse. See Necessray.]
Definition : 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.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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