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needful |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Needful \Need"ful\, a. 1. Full of need in need or want needy; distressing. [Archaic] --Chaucer. The needful time of trouble. --Bk. of Com. Prayer. 2. Necessary for supply or relief; requisite. All things needful for defense abound. --Dryden. -- {Need"ful*ly}, adv -- {Need"ful*ness}, n. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: needful adj : necessary for relief or supply; "provided them with all things needful" [syn: {needed}, {required}, {requisite}]
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