Need
NEED, noun [to be in want. The primary sense is to press.]
1. Want; occasion for something; necessity; a state that requires supply or relief. It sometimes expresses urgent want; pressing exigency.
What further need have we of witnesses? [[Matthew 26#65|Matthew 26:65]].
2. Want of the means of subsistence; poverty; indigence.
I know how to abound and to suffer need [[Philippians 4#12|Philippians 4:12]].
NEED, verb transitive [ to compel] To want; to lack; to require, as supply or relief.
They that be whole need not a physician, but they that are sick. [[Matthew 9#12|Matthew 9:12]].
NEED, verb intransitive To be wanted; to be necessary.
When we have done it, we have done all that is in our power, and all that needs. [Not used.]
NEED is often used as an auxiliary, or at least without the personal termination.