Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for Necessity (nescessity)
necessity (nescessity), n. [Fr. < L. necesse, needful, necessary.]
- Poverty; want; difficulty; neediness; helplessness; [fig.] lowly status.
- Urgency; emergency; crisis.
- Expediency; qualification; prerequisite.
- Demand; basic instinct; [fig.] hunger pang.
- Basic item; essential element; primary component; critical factor.
- Need; desire; preference; requirement.
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