What is to be wanted; to be necessary. Chaucer. When we have done it, we have done all that is in our power, and all that needs. Locke called?
need — To be wanted; to be necessary. Chaucer. When we have done it, we have done all that is in our power, and all that needs. Locke. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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