need (n.) Old form(s): neede
time of necessity, needy situation, emergency
AW II.iv.49.1[Parolles to Helena, of leaving the court] Strengthened with what apology you think / May make it probable need
Cym V.iii.45[Posthumus to Lord, of the Britons] Like fragments in hard voyages became / The life o'th' need
RJ V.i.53[Romeo alone, of earlier thinking about poison] this same thought did but forerun my need
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