requisite

[rek-wuh-zit]

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adjective

required or necessary for a particular purpose, position, etc.; indispensable: the requisite skills of an engineer.

noun

something requisite; a necessary quality, thing, etc.

Origin of requisite

1425–75; late Middle English < Latin requīsītus past participle of requīrere to seek; see require, -ite²

Related formsreq·ui·site·ly, adverbreq·ui·site·ness, nounnon·req·ui·site, adjective, nounnon·req·ui·site·ly, adverbnon·req·ui·site·ness, nounun·req·ui·site, adjectiveun·req·ui·site·ly, adverbun·req·ui·site·ness, noun

Synonyms

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1. needed, needful. See necessary. 2. necessity. See requirement.

Antonyms

1. dispensable. 2. luxury.

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Examples from the Web for requisite

Contemporary Examples

So here I am in my requisite Lululemon pants, grunting along to an old hip-hop song at a most ungodly hour.
How Taryn Toomey’s ‘The Class’ Became New York’s Latest Fitness Craze
Lizzie Crocker
January 9, 2015
After the release of the trailer for the special last week, TLC received a requisite and perhaps well-deserved tongue-lashing.
Your Husband Is Definitely Gay: TLC’s Painful Portrait of Mormonism
Samantha Allen
January 1, 2015
Some might lack the requisite national infrastructure (Walker).
What Republicans Need Right Now Is a Good Internal Fight
James Poulos
November 6, 2014
And aside from doing the requisite things needed to seize the majority, there was icing on the cake, too.
For Conservatives, Liberal Tears Taste Sweet
Matt Lewis
November 5, 2014
Francis opted to waive the requisite second miracle for John XXIII usually needed for non-martyrs to reach sainthood.
Popes, Saints, Miracles, Weird Relics and Odd Omens Converge on Rome
Barbie Latza Nadeau
April 26, 2014

Historical Examples

What courage was requisite to grapple with this giant difficulty!
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327
Various
At length, on finding the requisite water in its bed, I encamped.
Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia
Thomas Mitchell
The first and only requisite is, that they be perfectly insulated.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 433, April 19, 1884
Various
This, said the Prince, he was prepared to do and he gave Regnier the requisite pass.
Camps, Quarters and Casual Places
Archibald Forbes
I think it is requisite, and as meritorious, in the one as in the other.
Clarissa, Volume 2 (of 9)
Samuel Richardson

British Dictionary definitions for requisite

requisite

adjective

absolutely essential; indispensable

noun

something indispensable; necessity

Derived Formsrequisitely, adverbrequisiteness, noun

Word Origin

C15: from Latin requisītus sought after, from requīrere to seek for, require

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Word Origin and History for requisite

adj.

mid-15c., from Latin requisitus, past participle of requirere (see require). As a noun from c.1600.

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Examples from the Web for requisite

Contemporary Examples

So here I am in my requisite Lululemon pants, grunting along to an old hip-hop song at a most ungodly hour.

After the release of the trailer for the special last week, TLC received a requisite and perhaps well-deserved tongue-lashing.

Some might lack the requisite national infrastructure (Walker).

And aside from doing the requisite things needed to seize the majority, there was icing on the cake, too.

Francis opted to waive the requisite second miracle for John XXIII usually needed for non-martyrs to reach sainthood.

Historical Examples

What courage was requisite to grapple with this giant difficulty!

At length, on finding the requisite water in its bed, I encamped.

The first and only requisite is, that they be perfectly insulated.

This, said the Prince, he was prepared to do and he gave Regnier the requisite pass.

I think it is requisite, and as meritorious, in the one as in the other.

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