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needed |
2 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 WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: needed adj : necessary for relief or supply; "provided them with all things needful" [syn: {needful}, {required}, {requisite}]
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