Thesaurus: must

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1. 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.
2. 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.
3. n. The expressed juice of the grape, or other fruit, before fermentation.
4. n. Mustiness.
5. v. t. & i. To make musty; to become musty.
6. adj. highly recommended
7. n. a necessary or essential thing
8. n. grape juice before or during fermentation
9. n. the quality of smelling or tasting old or stale or mouldy
10. 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 easy supplied by the mind, was formerly often omitted when must was used; as, I must away. "I must to Coventry." Shak. 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. Etym: [Cf. Musty.] Mustiness. To make musty; to become musty.
11. n:1/v:99 n. a necessary or essential thing n. grape juice before or during fermentation s. highly recommended