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Entry 6 senses · 4 variants Webster, 1913

Must

/(mŭst)/ · IPA /məst/
01 v. i. [or] auxiliary To be obliged; to be necessitated; -- expressing either physical or moral necessity; as, a man must eat for nourishment; we must submit to …
  1. 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. 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.
02 n. The expressed juice of the grape, or other fruit, before fermentation.
  1. 1.
    The expressed juice of the grape, or other fruit, before fermentation.
    “No fermenting must fills . . . the deep vats.” Longfellow.
  2. 2.
    Mustiness.
03 v. t. & i. To make musty; to become musty.
  1. 1.
    To make musty; to become musty.
04 a. Being in a condition of dangerous frenzy, usually connected with sexual excitement; -- said of adult male elephants which become so at irre…
  1. 1.
    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.(Zool.)