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An American Dictionary of the English Language
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Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Nēç'es-sa-ri-ly, adv. p. 878In a necessary manner; by necessity; unavoidably; indispensably.Nĕc'es-sa-ri-ness, n. p. 878The state or quality of being necessary.Nĕc'es-sa-ry, a. p. 878Such as must be; impossible to be otherwise; not to be avoided; inevitable. Death, a necessary end, Will come when it will come. Shak. 2. Impossible to be otherwise without preventing the purpose…Nĕc'es-sa-ry, n. p. 878A thing indispensable to some purpose; a requisite; an essential;—used chiefly in the plural. 2. A privy; a water-closet.Ne-cĕs'si-tā'ri-an, n. p. 878One who maintains 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.Ne-çēs'si-tāte, v. t. p. 878To make necessary or indispensable; to render unavoidable. Sickness might necessitate his removal from court. South. 2. To reduce to the necessity of; to force; to compel. The Marquis of Newcastle…Ne-cĕs'si-tā'tion, n. p. 878The act of making necessary, or the state of being made necessary; compulsion. [Rare.] Bramhall.Ne-çēs'si-tied, a. p. 878In a state of want; necessitous. [Obs.] Shak.Ne-cĕs'si-tōŭs, a. p. 878Very needy or indigent; pressed with poverty. There are multitudes of necessitous heirs and penurious parents. Arbuthnot. 2. Narrow; destitute; pinching; as, necessitous circumstances.Ne-çĕs'si-tōus-ly, adv. p. 879In a necessitous manner.Ne-çēs'si-tōus-ness, n. p. 879Extreme poverty or destitution of the means of living; pressing want.Ne-cĕs'si-tūde, n. p. 879Necessitousness; want. [Obs.] 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…Ne-cēs'si-ty, n. p. 879The quality of being necessary or absolutely requisite; inevitableness; indispensableness. “Urge the necessity and state of times.” Shak. 2. The condition of being needy or necessitous; pressing…Nēck, n. p. 879The part of an animal’s body connecting the head and the trunk, and which in man and many other animals is more slender than the trunk. 2. Any part corresponding to a neck; the long, slender part of…Nĕck'a-tē', n. p. 879A neckerchief. [Obs.]Nĕck'-beef, n. p. 879Coarse flesh of the neck of cattle, sold at a low price. “Cheap as neck-beef.” Swift.Nĕck'cloth, n. p. 879A piece of cloth worn on the neck.Nĕcked, a. p. 879Having a neck;—chiefly used in composition, as in stiff-necked.Nĕck'er-chief, n. p. 879A kerchief for the neck; — called also neck-handkerchief.Nĕck'lace, n. p. 879A string of beads, or precious stones, worn upon the neck.Nĕck'laced, a. p. 879Marked as with a necklace; wearing a necklace. Sir W. Jones.Nĕck'lănd, n. p. 879A neck or long tract of land. [Rare.]Nĕck'-mōld or Nĕck'-mōuld, n. p. 879(Arch.) A small convex molding surrounding a column at the junction of the shaft and capital. Weale.Nēck'-tie, n. p. 879A neck handkerchief.Nĕck'-vĕrse, n. p. 879The verse formerly read to entitle a party to the benefit of clergy, said to be the first verse of the fifty-first Psalm, “Miserere mei,” &c. Letter nor line know I never one, Wert my neck-verse at…Nĕck'-weed, n. p. 879Hemp; — so called sportively, or in ridicule, because used in hanging criminals.Nēe'ro-līte, n. p. 879(Min.) A variety of feldspar; — the same as NECRONITE.Nēe'ro-lŏg'ic or Nēe'ro-lŏg'ic-al, a. p. 879Pertaining to necrology; relating to an account of the dead, or of deaths.Ne-crōl'o-gist, n. p. 879One who gives an account of deaths.Ne·crōl'o·gy, n. p. 879An account of deaths, or of the dead; a register of deaths.Nē'cro-mān'cer, n. p. 879One who practices necromancy; a sorcerer; a wizard.Nē'cro-mān'cy, n. p. 879The art of revealing future events by means of a pretended communication with the dead; the art of magic; conjuration; enchantment. This palace standeth in the air, By necromancy placed there.…Nēe'ro-măn’tie, n. p. 879Trick; conjuration. [Obs.]Nē'cro-mān`tic, a. p. 879Pertaining to necromancy;Nēe'ro-măn’tic-al or Nēe'ro-măn’tic-al-ly, adv. p. 879performed by necromancy. By necromancy, or the black art; by conjuration.Nē'cro-nite, n. p. 879(Min.) Fetid feldspar, a mineral which, when struck or pounded, exhales a fetid odor like that of putrid flesh.Ne-erōph'a-gan, n. p. 879(Entom.) One of a family of clavicorn beetles, including those which feed on dead and decomposing animal substances. Brande.Ne-crōph'a-goüs, a. p. 879Eating, or feeding on, the dead.Nē'cro-phōre, n. p. 879Necrophore. (Zoöl.) A genus of coleopterous insects found in Asia, Europe, and America, and remarkable for the subtle sense of smell they possess; the sexton-beetle.Ne-crōp'o-lis, n. p. 879A city of the dead; hence, a cemetery; a grave-yard.Nē'cro-scōp'ie or Nē'cro-scōp'ie-al, a. p. 879Relating to post-mortem examinations.Ne-erōsed’, a. p. 879(Med.) Affected by necrosis; as, a necrosed bone. Dunglison.Ne·crō'sis, n. p. 879(Med.) Mortification; especially, that state of a bone, or portion of a bone, when it is deprived of life. It is to the bones what gangrene is to the soft parts. Dunglison. 2. (Bot.) A disease of…Nēe'tar, n. p. 879(Myth. & Poet.) The drink of the gods; hence, a delicious or inspiring beverage. 2. (Bot.) The honey, and other sweetish secretions, of the glands of plants.Nec-tā're-al, a. p. 879Pertaining to, or resembling, nectar; nectarean. 2. (Bot.) Of, or pertaining to, a nectary.Nec-tā're-an, a. p. 879Resembling nectar; very sweet and pleasant; nectareous. More exquisite than when nectarean juice Renews the life of joy in happiest hours. Talfourd.Nēc'tared, a. p. 879Imbued with nectar; mingled with nectar; abounding with nectar.Nec·tā're·oŭs, a. p. 879Pertaining to, containing, or resembling nectar; delicious. “The juice nectareous and the balmy dew.” Pope.Nec-tā're-oūs-ly, adv. p. 879In a nectareous manner.Nec-tā're-oüs-ness, n. p. 879The quality of being nectareous.Nec-tā'ri-al, a. p. 879Pertaining to the nectary of a plant.Nēc'tar-if'er-ōüs, a. p. 879Producing nectar or honey; as, a nectariferous glandule. 2. Bearing, or having, a nectary.Nēc'tar-ine, a. p. 879Sweet as nectar; nectareous. [Rare.]Nĕc'tar-īne, n. p. 879(Bot.) A variety of the peach, with a smooth rind; the Persica lævis of De Candolle.Nēc'tar-ize, v. t. p. 879To mingle or infuse with nectar; to sweeten. [Obs.] Cockeram.Nēc'tar-oŭs, a. p. 879Sweet as nectar; nectareous. “Nectarous draughts.” Milton.Nēe'ta-ry, n. p. 879(Bot.) The honey-gland of a flower; the spur-shaped, or long-clawed petals of some flowers, as columbine, monk's-hood, and others, which often contain a sweetish, honey-like fluid.Nēc-tu'rus, n. p. 879(Zoöl.) A genus of amphibious animals found in North America, having an elongated body somewhat resembling that of the eel.Nĕd'der, n. p. 879An adder. [Obs.]Née, p. p. p. 879Born;—a term used to denote the family name of a female before her marriage; as, Madame de Staël, née Necker.