- Needing
- Need Need (n[=e]d), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Needed}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Needing}.] [See {Need}, n. Cf. AS. n[=y]dan to force,
Goth. nau[thorn]jan.]
To be in want of; to have cause or occasion for; to lack; to
require, as supply or relief.
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Other creatures all day long Rove idle, unemployed, and less need rest. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
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. ). [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
