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/ˈɹɛkwɪzɪt/
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/ˈɹɛkwɪzɪt/
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ɹɪˈkwɪzɪt
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ˈɹɛkwɪzɪt
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Adjective
Essential, indispensable, required.
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Please submit the requisite papers before the end of the financial year.
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They ſay he is the King of Perſea. But if he dare attempt to ſtir your ſiege, Twere requiſite he ſhould be ten times more, For all fleſh quakes at your magnificence.
[W]e endeavour to preſent our Gard'ners with a compleat Cycle of what is requiſite to be done throughout every Moneth of the Year: [...]
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On the other hand, there will be widespread agreement with Sir Brian's belief that, when a British main line has been completely dieselised and the schedules have been recast to suit the new traction, much higher daily mileages than 350 are not only possible but requisite, at least in the early stages of dieselisation.
Noun
An indispensable item; a requirement.
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She had a good sort of coarse cleverness, admirably fitted to get on in the world; she possessed those two first requisites, a good constitution and a good temper;...
But this something, what is it, unless the happiness of others, or some of the requisites of happiness?
The main requisite is to brew a tasty, palateful and wholesome beer […]
Adjective
necessary for relief or supply
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provided them with all things needful
Noun
anything indispensable
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food and shelter are necessities of life
the essentials of the good life
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allow farmers to buy their requirements under favorable conditions
a place where the requisites of water fuel and fodder can be obtained