necessitous

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   Needy, indigent, destitute, poor.

   • [W]ith what Face could Wretches who had ravaged and made so many Neceſſitous, look up for Relief; they had to that Moment lived in Defiance of the Power that now alone they muſt truſt for their Preſervation, […]
   • Thus I have laid before you some arguments, plain indeed, but I hope not nugatory, to enforce a cheerful and generous attention to institutions formed for the instruction and relief of necessitous children
   • For all our vow of poverty, we can by rule amass to the extent of ’two shillings’; but it is to be given to our necessitous kindred, or in charity.
2. 2

   Lacking

   Lacking; required.

   • Ministers come down I can promise them plenty of entertainment by deputations waiting on them and reminding them of the fact that we are a live people and are anxious to have a portion of the necessitous things conferred on the district.
   • I think that a part of my assignment is to distill out of the raw material of my experience all the necessitous ingredients that I need to make my journey.
3. 3

   Necessary

   Necessary; unavoidable.

   • Those are the necessitous things you must do to make the farm a going concern and make it attractive to the farmer to buy it.
   • A reason of this kind, a necessitous reason, is not personal.

The neighborhood