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5 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Must \Must\, v. t. & i. To make musty; to become musty. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Must \Must\ (m[u^]st), v. i. or auxiliary. [OE. moste, a pret. generally meaning, could was free to pres. mot, moot, AS m[=o]ste, pret. m[=o]t, pres.; akin to D. moetan to be obliged, OS m[=o]tan to be free to be obliged, OHG. muozan G. m["u]ssen to be obliged, Sw m[*a]ste must Goth. gam[=o]tan to have place have room to able; of unknown origin.] 1. To be obliged; to be necessitated; -- expressing either physical or moral necessity; as a man must eat for nourishment; we must submit to the laws. 2. To be morally required; to be necessary or essential to a certain quality, character, end or result; as he must reconsider the matter; he must have been insane. Likewise must the deacons be grave. --1 Tim. iii. 8. Morover, he [a bishop] must have a good report of them which are without --1 Tim. iii. 7. Note: The principal verb if easily supplied by the mind, was formerly often omitted when must was used as I must away ``I must to Coventry.'' --Shak. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Must \Must\, n. [AS. must fr L. mustum (sc. vinum), from mustus young, new fresh. Cf {Mustard}.] 1. The expressed juice of the grape, or other fruit, before fermentation. ``These men ben full of must.'' --Wyclif (Acts ii 13. ). No fermenting must fills . . . the deep vats. --Longfellow. 2. [Cf. {Musty}.] Mustiness. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Must \Must\ (m[u^]st), n. [Hind. mast intoxicated, ruttish, fr Skr. matta, p.p. of mad to rejoice, intoxicate.] (Zo["o]l.) Being in a condition of dangerous frenzy, usually connected with sexual excitement; -- said of adult male elephants which become so at irregular intervals. -- n. a The condition of frenzy. b An elephant in must From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: must adj : highly recommended; "a book that is must reading" [syn: {must(a)}] v 1: be obliged, required, or forced to [syn: {have}, {have got}, {need}] 2: be logically necessary [syn: {should}, {ought}, {need}] 3: be likely or probable; "They have to be kidding" [syn: {have}]
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