† indispensibleadj.n.
Obsolete.
= indispensable adj. and n.
ΘΚΠ
society > morality > duty or obligation > moral or legal constraint > [adjective] > perpetually binding
undispensable1559
intransgressible1603
indispensable1653
indispensible1662
dispenseless1721
uninfringeable1743
the mind > will > necessity > condition of being necessary > [adjective]
needfulOE
necessaryc1376
needfulc1390
necessairea1393
needfula1402
necessariousc1410
requisite1442
unlackablec1443
unsparablec1449
necessc1475
requise1477
needy1487
exigentc1508
of necessityc1515
essential1526
insacrificablea1603
peremptory1607
unspared1614
sine qua non1615
real1620
necessitous1637
needsomec1650
undispensable1658
vital1659
wanting1671
implemental1676
sine quo non1693
indispensable1696
indispensible1792
vital1822
unmissable1823
of the essence (of)1843
1662 E. Stillingfleet Origines Sacræ iii. iii. §5 The indispensible obligation which was in the nature of man to obey whatever his Maker did command him.
1692 J. Locke Some Thoughts conc. Educ. Pref. I think it every man's indispensible duty.
1792 J. Almon Anecd. Life W. Pitt (octavo ed.) II. xxiii. 89 The corruption of Parliament..is become an indispensible part of the mechanism of Government.
1800 Gillray Print 12 Feb. (repr. scene French Milliner's) A number of disputes having arisen in the Beau Monde, respecting the exact situation of ladies Indispensibles (or New Invented Pockets).
1841 J. T. J. Hewlett Parish Clerk I. 156 Manufacture broadcloth..into coats, waistcoats, and indispensibles.
Derivatives
indiˈspensibleness n.
ΘΚΠ
society > morality > duty or obligation > moral or legal constraint > [noun] > binding quality or force > perpetually binding force
indispensabilitya1648
indispensableness1654
indissolubilitya1676
indispensibleness1681
the mind > will > necessity > condition of being necessary > [noun]
needOE
needfulnessa1400
necess?a1525
necessariness1552
requisiteness1566
necessitya1572
essence1605
essentialness1640
essentiality1646
necessitation1648
requirement1659
need-be1728
indispensability1793
indispensableness1833
indispensibleness1860
egence1865
requiredness1935
1681 J. Flavell Method of Grace xxvi. 443 The indispensibleness and necessity thereof.
1860 T. P. Thompson Audi Alteram Partem (1861) III. ciii. 9 On the indispensibleness of Slavery to the West India interest.
ΘΚΠ
society > morality > duty or obligation > moral or legal constraint > [adverb] > perpetually
indispensably1645
indispensibly1649
the mind > will > necessity > condition of being necessary > [adverb]
necessarilyc1443
unlackablyc1449
requisitely1565
undispensablya1676
indispensably1694
essentially1757
indispensibly1768
vitally1770
1649 A. Ascham Bounds Publique Obed. 44 If I..be..still indispensibly obliged by it.
1710 R. Steele Tatler No. 159. ⁋5 A longer Letter..which I am indispensibly obliged to answer.
1768 J. Boswell Acct. Corsica (ed. 2) Introd. 1 Liberty..is indispensibly necessary to our happiness.
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