'Must' definitions:
Definition of 'must'
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Definition of 'Must'
From: GCIDE
- 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.). [1913 Webster]
- No fermenting must fills . . . the deep vats. --Longfellow. [1913 Webster]
- 2. [Cf. Musty.] Mustiness. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Must'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- Likewise must the deacons be grave. --1 Tim. iii. 8. [1913 Webster]
- Morover, he [a bishop] must have a good report of them which are without. --1 Tim. iii. 7. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Must'
From: GCIDE
- Must \Must\, v. t. & i. To make musty; to become musty. [1913 Webster] must
Definition of 'must'
From: GCIDE
- must \must\, musth \musth\(m[u^]st), a. [Hind. mast intoxicated, ruttish, fr. Skr. matta, p.p. of mad to rejoice, intoxicate.] (Zool.) Being in a condition of dangerous frenzy, usually connected with sexual excitement; -- said of adult male elephants which become so at irregular intervals, typicaly due to increased testosterone levels. -- n. (a) The condition of frenzy. (b) An elephant in must. [Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]
Synonyms of 'must'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- absolute,
- allegiance,
- assigned task,
- bare necessities,
- be forced,
- be in for,
- be necessary,
- be obliged,
- binding,
- blast,
- blight,
- bounden duty,
- burden,
- burning,
- business,
- call for,
- call of duty,
- cancer,
- canker,
- cannot do otherwise,
- cannot help but,
- charge,
- commitment,
- committal,
- compulsory,
- conclusive,
- condition,
- de rigueur,
- decisive,
- deference,
- demand,
- demand for,
- demi-sec,
- desideration,
- desideratum,
- devoir,
- devotion,
- dictated,
- domestic wine,
- dry rot,
- duties and responsibilities,
- duty,
- entailed,
- essential,
- essentials,
- estral,
- estrous,
- estrual,
- ethics,
- extra sec,
- fealty,
- fetidity,
- fetidness,
- final,
- foulness,
- frowst,
- frowstiness,
- frowziness,
- fungus,
- funkiness,
- fustiness,
- hard-and-fast,
- have,
- have got to,
- have need to,
- have to,
- homage,
- hot,
- imperative,
- imperious,
- imported wine,
- imposed,
- in heat,
- in must,
- in rut,
- indispensable,
- irrevocable,
- light wine,
- line of duty,
- loyalty,
- malodorousness,
- mandated,
- mandatory,
- mildew,
- mission,
- mold,
- moldiness,
- moth,
- moth and rust,
- must item,
- mustiness,
- musty,
- necessaries,
- necessary,
- necessities,
- necessity,
- need,
- need for,
- need to,
- needs must,
- new wine,
- noisomeness,
- nonvintage wine,
- obligation,
- obligatory,
- occasion,
- odorousness,
- offensiveness,
- onus,
- ought,
- ought to,
- peremptory,
- pest,
- pink wine,
- place,
- prerequirement,
- prerequisite,
- prescript,
- prescriptive,
- putridness,
- rancidity,
- rancidness,
- rankness,
- reastiness,
- red wine,
- repulsiveness,
- required,
- requirement,
- requisite,
- requisition,
- respect,
- right,
- rose wine,
- rot,
- rottenness,
- rust,
- rutting,
- ruttish,
- rutty,
- sec,
- self-imposed duty,
- should,
- sine qua non,
- smelliness,
- smooth wine,
- smut,
- sparkling wine,
- still wine,
- stinkingness,
- stuffiness,
- sweet wine,
- the necessary,
- the needful,
- thin wine,
- ultimate,
- vin,
- vino,
- vintage wine,
- want,
- white wine,
- wine,
- without appeal,
- worm