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A certain kind of temper is necessary to the
pleasure and quiet of our minds.

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.

Nec"es*sa*ry, n.; pl.
Necessaries (&?;). 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. A privy; a water-closet.

3. pl. (Law) Such things, in
respect to infants, lunatics, and married women, as are requisite for
support suitable to station.

Ne*ces`si*ta"ri*an (?), a. Of or
pertaining to 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.


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