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  5  definitions  found 
 
  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  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Need  \Need\,  n.  [OE.  need  neod,  nede,  AS  ne['a]d,  n[=y]d;  akin 
  to  D.  nood,  G.  not  noth,  Icel.  nau[eth]r,  Sw  &  Dan.  n["o]d, 
  Goth.  naups.] 
  1.  A  state  that  requires  supply  or  relief;  pressing  occasion 
  for  something  necessity;  urgent  want 
 
  And  the  city  had  no  need  of  the  sun.  --Rev.  xxi. 
  23. 
 
  I  have  no  need  to  beg.  --Shak. 
 
  Be  governed  by  your  needs  not  by  your  fancy.  --Jer. 
  Taylor. 
 
  2.  Want  of  the  means  of  subsistence;  poverty;  indigence; 
  destitution.  --Chaucer. 
 
  Famine  is  in  thy  cheeks;  Need  and  oppression 
  starveth  in  thine  eyes.  --Shak. 
 
  3.  That  which  is  needful;  anything  necessary  to  be  done 
  (pl.)  necessary  things  business.  [Obs.]  --Chaucer. 
 
  4.  Situation  of  need  peril;  danger.  [Obs.]  --Chaucer. 
 
  Syn:  Exigency;  emergency;  strait;  extremity;  necessity; 
  distress;  destitution;  poverty;  indigence;  want  penury. 
 
  Usage:  {Need},  {Necessity}.  Necessity  is  stronger  than  need 
  it  places  us  under  positive  compulsion.  We  are 
  frequently  under  the  necessity  of  going  without  that 
  of  which  we  stand  very  greatly  in  need  It  is  also 
  with  the  corresponding  adjectives;  necessitous 
  circumstances  imply  the  direct  pressure  of  suffering; 
  needy  circumstances,  the  want  of  aid  or  relief. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Need  \Need\,  v.  i. 
  To  be  wanted  to  be  necessary.  --Chaucer. 
 
  When  we  have  done  it  we  have  done  all  that  is  in  our 
  power,  and  all  that  needs  --Locke. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Need  \Need\,  adv 
  Of  necessity.  See  {Needs}.  [Obs.]  --Chaucer. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  need 
  n  1:  a  condition  requiring  relief;  "she  satified  his  need  for 
  affection";  "God  has  no  need  of  men  to  accomplish  His 
  work";  "there  is  a  demand  for  jobs"  [syn:  {demand}] 
  2:  anything  that  is  necessary  but  lacking;  "he  had  sufficient 
  means  to  meet  his  simple  needs";  "I  tried  to  supply  his 
  wants"  [syn:  {want}] 
  3:  the  psychological  feature  that  arouses  an  organism  to 
  action  the  reason  for  the  action  "we  did  not  understand 
  his  motivation";  "he  acted  with  the  best  of  motives"  [syn: 
  {motivation},  {motive}] 
  4:  a  state  of  extreme  poverty  or  destitution;  "their  indigence 
  appalled  him";  "a  general  state  of  need  exists  among  the 
  homeless"  [syn:  {indigence},  {penury},  {pauperism}] 
  v  1:  require  as  useful,  just  or  proper;  "It  takes  nerve  to  do 
  what  she  did";  "success  usually  requires  hard  work"; 
  "This  job  asks  a  lot  of  patience  and  skill";  "This 
  position  demands  a  lot  of  personal  sacrifice";  "This 
  dinner  demands  a  spectacular  dessert"  [syn:  {necessitate}, 
  {ask},  {require},  {take},  {involve},  {call  for},  {demand}] 
  [ant:  {obviate}] 
  2:  have  need  of:  "This  piano  wants  the  attention  of  a  competent 
  tuner"  [syn:  {want},  {require}] 
  3:  be  obliged,  required,  or  forced  to  [syn:  {must},  {have},  {have 
  got}] 
  4:  be  in  want  of 
  5:  be  logically  necessary  [syn:  {should},  {ought},  {must}] 
  6:  have  or  feel  a  need  for:  "always  wanting  for  friends  and 
  money" 




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