necessitous
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necessitous
- /nəˈsɛ.sə.təs/ US
Where it comes from
From necessity + -ous, after Middle French nécessiteux.
adjective more necessitous · most necessitous
- Needy, indigent, destitute, poor. [W]ith what Face could Wretches who had ravaged and made so many Neceſſitous, look up for Relief; they had to that Moment lived in Defiance of the Power that now alone they muſt truſt for their Preſervation, […]
- Lacking; required. Ministers come down I can promise them plenty of entertainment by deputations waiting on them and reminding them of the fact that we are a live people and are anxious to have a portion of the necessitous things conferred on the district.
- Necessary; unavoidable. 6thly, That there shall be prayers twice a day at due times to be appointed by the schoolmaster (holidays and sickness, or any other needful and necessitous cause to be shewn to the contrary) and to be said by him in the school house adjoining the alms-houses; at which prayers, I ordain, that all th
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