requisites
plural of requisite
Source: Wiktionary
Req"ui*site (rk"w-zt), n.
Definition: That which is required, or is necessary; something indispensable. God, on his part, has declared the requisites on ours; what we must do to obtain blessings, is the great business of us all to know. Wake.
Req"ui*site, a. Etym: [L. requisitus, p. p. requirere; pref. re- re- + quaerere to ask. See Require.]
Definition: Required by the nature of things, or by circumstances; All truth requisite for men to know. Milton.
Syn.
– Necessary; needful; indispensable; essential.
– Req"ui*site*ly, adv.
– Req"ui*site*ness, n.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
12 June 2025
(noun) a decrease in the density of something; “a sound wave causes periodic rarefactions in its medium”
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
