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Webster 1913 Edition
Needs
Needs
,adv.
[Orig. gen. of
need
, used as an adverb. Cf. -wards
.] Of necessity; necessarily; indispensably; – often with must, and equivalent to of need.
A man must
needs
love mauger his head. Chaucer.
And he must
needs
go through Samaria. John iv. 4.
He would
needs
know the cause of his repulse. Sir J. Davies.
Webster 1828 Edition
Needs
NEEDS
,adv.
Definition 2025
needs
needs
English
Adverb
needs (not comparable)
- Of necessity; necessarily; indispensably; often with must, and equivalent to "of need".
- A. E. Housman, A Shropshire Lad, XXV, line 3-4:
- We needs must jangle, till at last / We fought and I was beat.
- A. E. Housman, A Shropshire Lad, XXV, line 3-4:
Translations
necessarily — see necessarily
Noun
needs
- plural of need
Verb
needs
- third-person singular simple present indicative form of need