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needs (iou) and stadthouse (iou)


needs (iou)



needs adverb. [ni:dz] OE.
[from NEED noun + -S3, later identified with -S1.]
Of necessity, necessarily. Now rare exc. in clauses containing must (arch. exc. as below).
must needs spec. (a) foolishly insist(s) or insisted on (foll. by do); (b) = needs must (a) below. needs must (a) cannot or could not help or avoid or get out of (foll. by do); (b) ellipt. it is or was necessary, one has or had to (esp. in proverb needs must when the Devil drives). will needs, would needs arch. am, is, was, etc., determined (foll. by do).

stadthouse (iou)



stadthouse noun. . M17.
[Anglicized formed as STADTHAUS or Dutch stadhuis.]
A town hall in a German-speaking or (esp.) Dutch-speaking country.