'Needed' definitions:
Definition of 'needed'
From: WordNet
Definition of 'Needed'
From: GCIDE
- Need \Need\ (n[=e]d), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Needed; p. pr. & vb. n. Needing.] [See Need, n. Cf. AS. n[=y]dan to force, Goth. nau[thorn]jan.] To be in want of; to have cause or occasion for; to lack; to require, as supply or relief. [1913 Webster]
- Other creatures all day long Rove idle, unemployed, and less need rest. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- Note: With another verb, need is used like an auxiliary, generally in a negative sentence expressing requirement or obligation, and in this use it undergoes no change of termination in the third person singular of the present tense. "And the lender need not fear he shall be injured." --Anacharsis (Trans. ). [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'needed'
From: GCIDE
- needed \needed\ adj. necessary; as, provided them with all needed equipment. Opposite of unnecessary.
- Syn: needful, required, requisite. [WordNet 1.5]