Necessitude \Ne*ces"si*tude\, n. [L. necessitudo, fr. necesse. See {Necessray}.] 1. Necessitousness; want. --Sir M. Hale. [1913 Webster] 2. Necessary connection or relation. [1913 Webster] Between kings and their people, parents and their children, there is so great a necessitude, propriety, and intercourse of nature. --Jer. Taylor. [1913 Webster]