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1. To be obliged or required by morality, law, or custom: Citizens must register in order to vote. 2. To be compelled, as by a physical necessity or requirement: Plants must have oxygen in order to live. 3. Used to express a command or admonition: You must not go there alone. You simply must be careful. 4.
What does the adjective musty mean? There are seven meanings listed in OED's entry for the adjective musty . See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.
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1. having a stale, moldy smell or taste, as an unused room, food kept in a damp place, etc. 2. stale or trite; worn-out; antiquated. musty ideas. 3. dull; apathetic.
