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So spake the fiend, and with necessity,

The tyrant's plea, excused his devilish deeds.

5. (Metaph.) The negation of freedom
in voluntary action; the subjection of all phenomena, whether
material or spiritual, to inevitable causation;
necessitarianism.

Of necessity, by necessary consequence; by
compulsion, or irresistible power; perforce.

Syn. -- See Need.

Neck (?), n. [OE. necke, AS.
hnecca; akin to D. nek the nape of the neck, G.
nacken, OHG. nacch, hnacch, Icel. hnakki,
Sw. nacke, Dan. nakke.] 1. The
part of an animal which connects the head and the trunk, and which,
in man and many other animals, is more slender than the
trunk.

2. Any part of an inanimate object
corresponding to or resembling the neck of an animal; as:
(a) The long slender part of a vessel, as a
retort, or of a fruit, as a gourd. (b) A
long narrow tract of land projecting from the main body, or a narrow
tract connecting two larger tracts.


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