the mind > will > necessity > condition of being necessary > need or want > [noun] > extreme or urgent need (5)
figurative. Stress, pressure of circumstances; ‘need, emergency’ (Nares). Obsolete.
A state of urgent need; a situation of trouble or difficulty; an extremity; (in plural) straits.
concrete. Hence sometimes used for: Urgency, pressing need. ‘A sense not proper’ (Johnson).
Pressing need, urgent want: ‘a sense not proper’ (Johnson).