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MUSTED
Verb
musted
simple past tense and past participle of must (only in the sense of "become/make musty")
Source: Wiktionary
MUST
Must, v. i. or auxiliary. Etym: [OE. moste, a pret. generally meaning, could, was free to, pres. mot, moot, AS. moste, pret. mot, pres.; akin to D. moetan to be obliged, OS. motan to be free, to be obliged, OHG. muozan, G. mĂĽssen to be obliged, Sw. mĂĄste must, Goth. gamotan 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 easy supplied by the mind, was formerly often omitted when must was used; as, I must away. "I must to Coventry." Shak.
Must, n. Etym: [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. Etym: [Cf. Musty.]
Definition: Mustiness.
Must, v. t. & i.
Definition: To make musty; to become musty.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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