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needeth

needeth is the third-person singular simple present indicative of need.

Meaning of need

Verb

need (third-person singular simple present needs, present participle needing, simple past and past participle needed)

  1. (transitive) To have an absolute requirement for.
    • Living things need water to survive.
  2. (transitive) To want strongly; to feel that one must have something.
    • After ten days of hiking, I needed a shower and a shave.
    Synonyms:
    desire, wish for, would like, want, will, be without, lack
  3. (modal) To be obliged or required (to do something).
    • I need not go if I don't want to, need I?
  4. (intransitive) To be required; to be necessary.
    • When we have done it, we have done our duty, and all that is in our power, and indeed all that needs.1694, [John Locke], chapter 21, in An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding. […], 2nd edition, London: […] Thomas Dring, […]; and Samuel Manship, […], →OCLC, book II, page 143
  5. (obsolete, transitive) To be necessary (to someone).
    • More ample spirit, then hitherto was wount, / Here needes me […]1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto IX”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC

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Questions about needeth

What is needeth the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Needeth is the third-person singular simple present indicative of need.

Words near needeth in the dictionary

  1. Needells
  2. needer
  3. needers
  4. needes
  5. needest
  6. needeth
  7. needfire
  8. needfires
  9. needful
  10. needfull
  11. needfully

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