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# needest

verb, past tense of need, used with thou (second person singular)

«needest» in the English dictionary: Early Modern English — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Early Modern English

### Meaning

Have to; must do or have something. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/N/needest/#m1)

### Then and now

No longer used; today we say "you need"; the -est ending belonged to thou.

### Examples

- And if thou dost not find trouble in that adventure, thou needest not to seek it during the rest of thy life.” (The Lilac Fairy Book) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/N/needest/#x1)

### Note

Today: need (with you).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «needest» in the Early Modern English dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/N/needest/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«needest» in the Early Modern English dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/emode/w/needest.html) on Mova free.