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Ask :: Ask (v. t.) To require, demand, claim, or expect, whether by way of remuneration or return, or as a matter of necessity; as, what price do you ask?.

Necessitarian :: Necessitarian (a.) Of or pertaining to the doctrine of philosophical necessity in regard to the origin and existence of things, especially as applied to the actings or choices of the will; -- opposed to libertarian..

Needs :: Needs (adv.) Of necessity; necessarily; indispensably; -- often with must, and equivalent to of need..

Nonnecessity :: Nonnecessity (n.) Absence of necessity; the quality or state of being unnecessary.

Liberty :: Liberty (n.) The power of choice; freedom from necessity; freedom from compulsion or constraint in willing.

Needly :: Needly (adv.) Necessarily; of necessity.

Needsly :: Needsly (adv.) Of necessity.

Pressing :: Pressing (a.) Urgent; exacting; importunate; as, a pressing necessity..

Necessity :: Necessity (n.) That which makes an act or an event unavoidable; irresistible force; overruling power; compulsion, physical or moral; fate; fatality..

Fatalist :: Fatalist (n.) One who maintains that all things happen by inevitable necessity.

Need :: Need (adv.) Of necessity. See Needs.

Occasion :: Occasion (n.) Need; exigency; requirement; necessity; as, I have no occasion for firearms..

Shall :: Shall (v. i. & auxiliary.) As an auxiliary, shall indicates a duty or necessity whose obligation is derived from the person speaking; as, you shall go; he shall go; that is, I order or promise your going. It thus ordinarily expresses, in the second and third persons, a command, a threat, or a promise. If the auxillary be emphasized, the command is made more imperative, the promise or that more positive and sure. It is also employed in the language of prophecy; as, the day shall come when . .

Supererogative :: Supererogation (n.) The act of supererogating; performance of more than duty or necessity requires.

Behoove :: Behoove (v. t.) To be necessary for; to be fit for; to be meet for, with respect to necessity, duty, or convenience; -- mostly used impersonally..

Must :: Must (v. i. / auxiliary) 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..

Have :: Have (v. t.) To be under necessity or obligation; to be compelled; followed by an infinitive.

Unnecessity :: Unnecessity (n.) The state of being unnecessary; something unnecessary.

Libertarian :: Libertarian (a.) Pertaining to liberty, or to the doctrine of free will, as opposed to the doctrine of necessity..

Exigent :: Exigent (n.) Exigency; pressing necessity; decisive moment.

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