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English
Etymology 1
See needs.
Adverb
needes
- Obsolete spelling of needs.
1584, Iaspar Loarte , “Certaine General Aduertissementes Necessary for suche as Minde to Serue God Sincerely”, in James Sancer , transl., The Exercise of a Christian Life. , : , →OCLC, pages 10–11:As touching corporal puniſhments and penance, as faſting, diſciplin, hare cloth and other chaſtiſements, it behoueth thee herein to vſe good diſcretiõ, taking ſuch as help to repreſſe the aſſaults and temptations of the fleſh, and leuing others that may be hurtful, not yeelding herein to the heats, which ſome nouices are vvont to haue in their beginning, who thorough indiſcrete mortifying, and dompting of their fleſhe, fal into ſome ſuche infirmitie, as aftervvardes they muſt needes pamper and cheriſhe it to much.
1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, , page 2:Proſ. To haue no Schreene between this part he plaid, / And him he plaid it for, he needes will be / Abſolute Millaine,
1611, Thomas Coryate , “My Obseruations of the Most Glorious, Peerelesse, and Mayden Citie of Venice: ”, in Coryats Crudities Hastily Gobled Vp in Five Moneths Trauells , London: W S, →OCLC, pages 214–215:For they both ſay and beleeue that this picture hath ſo great vertue, as alſo that of Padua, whereof I haue before ſpoken, that whenſoeuer it is carried abroad in a ſolemne proceſſion in the time of a great drougth, it will cauſe raine to deſcend from heauen either before it is brought backe into the Church, or very ſhortly after. I cannot be induced to attribute ſo much to the vertue of a picture, as the Venetians do, except I had ſeene ſome notable miracle wrought by the ſame. For it brought no drops at all with it: onely about two dayes after it rained (I muſt needes confeſſe) amaine. But I hope they are not ſo ſuperſtitious to aſcribe that to the vertue of the picture.
Etymology 2
From neede + -s.
Noun
needes
- (obsolete) plural of neede
Etymology 3
From neede + -s.
Verb
needes
- (obsolete) third-person singular simple present indicative of neede
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