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Word of the Day for Wednesday, August 30, 2006

requisite \REK-wuh-zit\, adjective: 1. Required by the nature of things or by circumstances; indispensable. 2. That which is required or necessary; something indispensable.
Those with the requisite talents made drawings and watercolors of the birds, the flowers, the untouched landscapes that unfolded before them. -- Barbara Crossette, The Great Hill Stations of Asia

In this way, 2,156 buildings were laboriously hoisted, a quarter of an inch at a turn, until they reached the requisite height and new foundations could be built beneath them. -- Cornelia Dean, Against the Tide

Rather than seeing mindfulness as a kind of talent, like artistic flair or musicality, he believes that everyone willing to make the requisite effort can attain it. -- Winifred Gallagher, Working on God

Patience and an enquiring mind are absolute requisites for tracing family histories. -- Mike Anderiesz, "Working the web: Genealogy", The Guardian, January 17, 2002

Requisite derives from Latin requisitus, past participle of requirere, "to require."

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