needful

3 definitions found

needful - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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.
        [1913 Webster] -- Need"ful*ly, adv. -- Need"ful*ness,
        n.
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needful - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  needful
      adj 1: necessary for relief or supply; "provided them with all
             things needful" [syn: needed, needful, required,
             requisite]

needful - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  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