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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Needy \Need"y\, a. [Compar. {Needier}; superl. {Neediest}.]
1. Distressed by want of the means of living; very poor;
indigent; necessitous.
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Thou shalt open thy hand wide unto thy brother, to
thy poor, and to thy needy in thy land. --Deut. xv.
11.
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Spare the blushes of needy merit. --Dr. T.
Dwight.
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2. Necessary; requisite. [Obs.]
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Corn to make your needy bread. --Shak.
[1913 Webster] Neeld