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A must is something that's so important it can't be missed or ignored. When you're taking kayaking lessons, a lifejacket is a must.

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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.

Noun
the quality of smelling or tasting old or stale or mouldy

Noun
grape juice before or during fermentation

Noun
a necessary or essential thing; "seat belts are an absolute must"


v. i. / auxiliary
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.

v. i. / auxiliary
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.

n.
The expressed juice of the grape, or other fruit, before fermentation.

n.
Mustiness.

v. t. & i.
To make musty; to become musty.


Must

Must , v. i. ∨ auxiliary. [OE. moste, a pret. generally meaning, could, was free to, pres. mot, moot, AS. m'd3ste, pret. m'd3t, pres.; akin to D. moetan to be obliged, OS. m'd3tan to be free, to be obliged, OHG. muozan, G. m'81ssen to be obliged, Sw. m'86ste must, Goth. gam'd3tan 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. 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.
Likewise must the deacons be grave.
Morover, he [a bishop] must have a good report of them which are without.
&hand; The principal verb, if easy supplied by the mind, was formerly often omitted when must was used; as, I must away. "I must to Coventry." Shak.

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. ).
No fermenting must fills ... the deep vats.
2. [Cf. Musty.] Mustiness.

Must

Must, v. t. & i. To make musty; to become musty.

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.

The expressed juice of the grape, or other fruit, before fermentation.

To make musty; to become musty.

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Usage Examples

A girl's legs are her best friends... but even the best of friends must part.

A good designer must rely on experience, on precise, logic thinking and on pedantic exactness. No magic will do.

A dream is your creative vision for your life in the future. You must break out of your current comfort zone and become comfortable with the unfamiliar and the unknown.

A garden must combine the poetic and he mysterious with a feeling of serenity and joy.

A good leader can engage in a debate frankly and thoroughly, knowing that at the end he and the other side must be closer, and thus emerge stronger. You don't have that idea when you are arrogant, superficial, and uninformed.

A good man can be stupid and still be good. But a bad man must have brains.

A government for the people must depend for its success on the intelligence, the morality, the justice, and the interest of the people themselves.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

A fact must be assimilated with, or discriminated fromm, some other fact or facts, in order to be raised to the dignity of a truth, and made to convey the least knowledge to the mind.

A good teacher must be able to put himself in the place of those who find learning hard.

'Men have forgotten this truth,' said the fox. 'But you must not forget it. You become responsible, forever, for what you have tamed.'

'Therefore' is a word the poet must not know.

A good teacher, like a good entertainer first must hold his audience's attention, then he can teach his lesson.

A good teacher must know the rules a good pupil, the exceptions.

A democracy which makes or even effectively prepares for modern, scientific war must necessarily cease to be democratic. No country can be really well prepared for modern war unless it is governed by a tyrant, at the head of a highly trained and perfectly obedient bureaucracy.

A doctor must work eighteen hours a day and seven days a week. If you cannot console yourself to this, get out of the profession.

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