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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
needed \needed\ adjective necessary; as, provided them with all needed equipment. Opposite of {unnecessary}.
Syn: needful, required, requisite. [WordNet 1.5]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Need \Need\ (n[=e]d), verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Needed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Needing}.] [See {Need}, noun 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.
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. ).
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
needed
adjective: necessary for relief or supply; "provided them with all things needful" [syn: {needful}, {required}, {requisite}]
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