must needs
Verb
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Verb
must needs
- (dated) .
- c. 1596-97, William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice, Act IV, Scene i:
- […] I have spoke thus much
- To mitigate the justice of thy plea;
- Which if thou follow, this strict court of Venice
- Must needs give sentence 'gainst the merchant there.
- c. 1610-11, William Shakespeare, The Tempest, Act III, Scene iii:
- […] I needs must rest me.
- 1901, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of the Baskervilles, Chapter X.
- To do so would be to descend to the level of these poor peasants who are not content with a mere fiend-dog, but must needs describe him with hell-fire shooting from his mouth and eyes.
- 1910, H. G. Wells, The History of Mr Polly
- It seemed to him this must needs be a marvel.
- c. 1596-97, William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice, Act IV, Scene i:
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