Need \Need\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Needed; p. pr. & vb. n. Needing.]

[See Need, n. Cf. AS. n?dan to force, Goth. nau?jan.]

To be in want of; to have cause or occasion for; to lack; to require, as supply or relief.

Other creatures all day long Rove idle, unemployed, and less need rest. --Milton.

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. ).

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)