(a) A need; what is required or wanted; wants or needs; ?also, poverty, indigence [last quot.]; haven ~ to, to need (sth.); (b) in phrase: to ~, for the benefit or good of (sb., a person's soul); nis hit non ~, it is of no use (that sb. do sth.); (c) necessity arising from the circumstances of a situation; leng..than hit ~ si, longer than is necessary; so fele so ~ si, as much as is necessary; than the ~ si, to him to whom it is necessary; the while him ~ si, as long as it is necessary for him.