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necessitude

American  
[nuh-ses-i-tood, -tyood] / nəˈsɛs ɪˌtud, -ˌtyud /

noun

Archaic.

  1. necessity.

Etymology

Origin of necessitude

1605–15; < Latin necessitūdō, equivalent to necessi-, combining form of necesse necessary + -tūdō -tude

Example Sentences

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But I give always my interest, not according to the interestingness, but rather to the necessitude, of each.”

From Bonaventure A Prose Pastoral of Acadian Louisiana by Cable, George Washington

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