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Entry 6 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Necessary

/nĕs'-əs-ĕrˌ-ē/ · Nec·es·sa·ry · IPA /ˈnɛs.əˌsɛ.ɹi/
01 a. Such as must be; impossible to be otherwise; not to be avoided; inevitable.
  1. 1.
    Such as must be; impossible to be otherwise; not to be avoided; inevitable.
    “Death, a necessary end, Will come when it will come.” — Shak.
  2. 2.
    Impossible to be otherwise, or to be dispensed with, without preventing the attainment of a desired result; indispensable; requisite; essential.
    “A certain kind of temper is necessary to the pleasure and quiet of our minds.” — Tillotson.
  3. 3.
    Acting from necessity or compulsion; involuntary; -- opposed to free; as, whether man is a necessary or a free agent is a question much discussed.
02 n. A thing that is necessary or indispensable to some purpose; something that one can not do without; a requisite; an essential; -- used chief…
pl. Necessaries
  1. 1.
    A thing that is necessary or indispensable to some purpose; something that one can not do without; a requisite; an essential; -- used chiefly in the plural; as, the necessaries of life.
  2. 2.
    A privy; a water-closet.
  3. 3.
    Such things, in respect to infants, lunatics, and married women, as are requisite for support suitable to station.(Law)