Hypertext Webster Gateway: "needed"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Need \Need\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Needed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Needing}.] [See {Need}, n. Cf. AS. n?dan to force, Goth.
nau?jan.]
To be in want of; to have cause or occasion for; to lack; to
require, as supply or relief.

Other creatures all day long Rove idle, unemployed, and
less need rest. --Milton.

Note: With another verb, need is used like an auxiliary,
generally in a negative sentence expressing requirement
or obligation, and in this use it undergoes no change
of termination in the third person singular of the
present tense. ``And the lender need not fear he shall
be injured.'' --Anacharsis (Trans. ).

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

needed
adj : necessary for relief or supply; "provided them with all
things needful" [syn: {needful}, {required}, {requisite}]


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