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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Needful \Need"ful\ (n[=e]d"f[.u]l), adjective
1. Full of need; in need or want; needy; distressing. [Archaic] --Chaucer.
The needful time of trouble. --Bk. of Com. Prayer.
2. Necessary for supply or relief; requisite.
All things needful for defense abound. --Dryden. -- {Need"ful*ly}, adverb -- {Need"ful*ness}, n.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
needful
adjective: necessary for relief or supply; "provided them with all things needful" [syn: {needed}, {required}, {requisite}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
27 Moby Thesaurus words for "needful": called for, cardinal, essential, fundamental, imperative, indicated, indispensable, irreducible, irreductible, irreplaceable, mazuma, moolah, necessary, needed, ooftish, pelf, prerequisite, required, requisite, rhino, rocks, scratch, shekels, smash, unforgoable, vital, wanted
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