Both Uses of
essential
in
A Tale of Two Cities
- If she should ever tell me that you are essential to her perfect happiness, I will give her to you.†
Chpt 2.10 *
- His son obeyed, and the crowd approached; they were bawling and hissing round a dingy hearse and dingy mourning coach, in which mourning coach there was only one mourner, dressed in the dingy trappings that were considered essential to the dignity of the position.†
Chpt 2.14
Definition:
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(essential) necessary or important or relating to the basic nature of something