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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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