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   requisite

   /ˈrɛkwɪzɪt/

   adjective

   • 1. made necessary by particular circumstances or regulations: "the application will not be processed until the requisite fee is paid"

   noun

   • 1. a thing that is necessary for the achievement of a specified end: "she believed privacy to be a requisite for a peaceful life" Similar necessityessential requirementprerequisiteessentialpreconditionspecificationstipulationqualificationdesideratumsine qua noninformal:mustOpposite non-essential

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Latin requisitus ‘searched for, deemed necessary’, past participle of requirere (see require).

   Derivatives

   • 1. requisitely adverb

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