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needs

Adverb

34 in 31 verses (in OT : 16 in 14 verses) (in NT : 18 in 17 verses)

WORDNET DICTIONARY

needs(r = adv.all) inevitably, necessarily, of necessity - in such a manner as could not be otherwise; "it is necessarily so"; "we must needs by objective"

needs, adv. [Orig. gen. of need, used as an adverb. Cf. -wards.].

Of necessity; necessarily; indispensably; -- often with must, and equivalent to of need. [1913 Webster]

"A man must needs love mauger his head." [1913 Webster]

"And he must needs go through Samaria." [1913 Webster]

"He would needs know the cause of his repulse." [1913 Webster]

needs, adv. archaic (usu. prec. or foll. by must) of necessity (must needs decide).

Etymology

OE nedes (as NEED, -S(3))

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