Needful \Need"ful\ (n[=e]d"f[.u]l), a.
1. Full of need; in need or want; needy; distressing.
[Archaic] --Chaucer.
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The needful time of trouble. --Bk. of Com.
Prayer.
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2. Necessary for supply or relief; requisite.
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All things needful for defense abound. --Dryden.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
needful
adj : necessary for relief or supply; "provided them with all
things needful" [syn: needed, required, requisite]
WordNet (r) 2.0
27 Moby Thesaurus words for "needful":
called for, cardinal, essential, fundamental, imperative,
indicated, indispensable, irreducible, irreductible, irreplaceable,
mazuma, moolah, necessary, needed, ooftish, pelf, prerequisite,
required, requisite, rhino, rocks, scratch, shekels, smash,
unforgoable, vital, wanted
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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