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US /ˈnɛsəsər/ UK /ˈnɛsəsə/

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An archaic or truncated variant of necessary, from Latin necessarius ('unavoidable, indispensable'), from necesse ('unavoidable'), perhaps from ne- ('not') plus cedere ('to withdraw, yield').

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