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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Must \Must\ (m[u^]st), verb (used without an object) or auxiliary. [OE. moste, a pret. generally meaning, could, was free to, pres. mot, moot, AS. m[=o]ste, pret. m[=o]t, pres.; akin to D. moetan to be obliged, OS. m[=o]tan to be free, to be obliged, OHG. muozan, G. m["u]ssen to be obliged, Sw. m[*a]ste must, Goth. gam[=o]tan 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. --1 Tim. iii. 8.
Morover, he [a bishop] must have a good report of them which are without. --1 Tim. iii. 7.
Note: The principal verb, if easily supplied by the mind, was formerly often omitted when must was used; as, I must away. ''I must to Coventry.'' --Shak.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Must \Must\, noun [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. --Longfellow.
2. [Cf. {Musty}.] Mustiness.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Must \Must\, verb (used with an object) & i. To make musty; to become musty.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
must \must\, musth \musth\(m[u^]st), adjective [Hind. mast intoxicated, ruttish, fr. Skr. matta, p.p. of mad to rejoice, intoxicate.] (Zo["o]l.) Being in a condition of dangerous frenzy, usually connected with sexual excitement; -- said of adult male elephants which become so at irregular intervals, typicaly due to increased testosterone levels. -- n. (a) The condition of frenzy. (b) An elephant in must. [Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
must
adjective: highly recommended; "a book that is must reading" [syn: {must(a)}]
noun
1: a necessary or essential thing; "seat belts are an absolute must"
2: grape juice before or during fermentation
3: the quality of smelling or tasting old or stale or mouldy [syn: {mustiness}, {moldiness}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
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