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a1500 (c1340) R. Rolle Psalter (Univ. Oxf. 64) (1884) cvi. 10 Thai ware..in nede of saule fode.

1529 T. More Supplyc. Soulys ii. f. xxxiv^v For in surety of saluacyon we be felowes wyth angellys: in nede of relyefe we be yet felowes wyth you.

1659 W. Montagu Shepheard's Paradise v. 170 Had I sooner known you for my sister Madam, I should not have been in need of this forgivenesse.

1684 E. Ravenscroft Dame Dobson v. ii. 69 My Sister practis'd the ungodly black Art;..and at last being in need of a Devil, she entreated the favour of me to serve her.

1723 A. Philips Humfrey iv. x. 58 A Mercy, Were You in need of it, He ne'er would grant.

1744 J. Harris Three Treat. i. 27 Is our Account still too loose, and in need of stricter Determination?

1793 tr. M. Turgot Refl. Formation & Distrib. Wealth §70. 78 The industrious man shares voluntarily the profit of his enterprize with the owner of the capital, who furnishes him with the funds he is in need of.

1806 in Spirit of Public Jrnls. (1807) 10 109 His owners are anxious to have his ears foxed; but we think he is more in need of cropping and docking.

1811 J. Austen Sense & Sensibility I. iv. 50 He understood that she was in need of a dwelling, and though the house he now offered her was merely a cottage, he assured her that every thing should be done to it which she might think necessary. View more context for this quotation

1897 H. W. Singer & W. Strang Etching 175 A ‘flat’ proof of a block as it comes from the photo-engraver generally shows itself to be in need of some touching up.

1904 Westm. Gaz. 3 Sept. 3/2 It appears that Ireland is in need of a satisfactory and distinctive national costume.

1943 F. Sargeson in Penguin New Writing 17 59 I shouted him a bob dinner and I could tell by the way he ate he was in need of a binder.

1995 Nursing Times 22 Mar. 50/3 If they became dangerous, we could call the emergency psychiatric team which would come and certify people in need of psychiatric treatment (rather like ‘sectioning’ in Britain).