transitive. To have use for or need of, to require; to be in want of. (Object originally genitive.) Obsolete.

Need or want of something specified; esp. in to have mister of. In early use also with to. Obsolete.

To require (something) essential or very important (rather than merely desirable). transitive. With a thing or person as object. Also (colloquial)…

To demand or call for (something) as appropriate or suitable in a particular case; to need for a… transitive. With simple object and in adverbial…

transitive. To have need of, require.

To need, stand in need of. Formerly frequent in the salesman's cry what d'ye lack? (see what do you lack at what, pron. adv.int. adj.1conj. n.phra…

Scottish. To need. Chiefly in past tense and past participle. transitive. = need, v.2 7.