Nedes

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. Things that are required or essential for something to happen ; in an unavoidable way, because circumstances compel it
2. Essential requirements or wants of a person or thing ; necessarily, as a matter of compulsion or inevitability
3. The things someone must have or do, in older English usage ; of necessity, in a way that cannot be avoided

Etymology: "Nedes" is an archaic third-person singular form of "need" used as a verb, meaning "is necessary" or "has need" in the sense of "it nedes," roughly "it is necessary." In Middle English, "nede" (noun and verb) came from Old English "nēd," meaning compulsion, duress, or necessity, a word with Germanic roots shared across West Germanic languages such as Old Saxon and Old High German "nōt," which kept the sense of hardship or distress. The -es ending is the Middle English third-person singular present marker, the same ending found in "doth" and "hath" in later texts. So "nedes" is simply the form that "need" took when a speaker said "he needs" or "it needs" in that period, and it survives mainly in older English texts and in the phrase "needs must" meaning "necessity compels."

Synonyms: requires, wants, lacks

Antonyms: has, possesses