need (ned)

[ lack; require. They that be whole need not a physician, but they that IMG:content-1269.png:[blocks in formation] Mrs. Air . You have the needful? Mr. Air . All but five hundred pounds, which you may have in the evening. Foote , The Cozeners, iii. 3. =Syn. 2. Requisite , etc. (see nece ary ), indispensable. ner; nece arily. needfulne (ned'ful-nes), n. The state of being needful; nece ity. Needham's pouch. See pouch . needily (nē'di-li), adv . 1. Nece arily; of nece ity. By which reason it follow eth that needilie great inconuenience must fall to that people that a child is ruler and gouernour of. Holinshed, Rich. II., an. 1399. 2. In a needy manner; in want or poverty. I were unthankfull to that highest bounty if I should make my selfe so poore as to solicite needily any such kinde of rich hopes as this Fortuneteller dreams of. Milton , Apology for Smectymnuus. needine (nē'di-nes), n. [Early mod. E. nedine ; Uppon the lo e of these thyngs folowe nedine and pouertie, the payne of lackyng. Sir T. More , Works, p. 1218.