"must needs" meaning in English

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          "ref": "c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene i]:",
          "text": "[…]I have spoke thus much\nTo mitigate the justice of thy plea;\nWhich if thou follow, this strict court of Venice\nMust needs give sentence 'gainst the merchant there.",
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          "ref": "1726 October 28, [Jonathan Swift], Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. […] [Gulliver’s Travels], volume I, London: […] Benj[amin] Motte, […], →OCLC, part I (A Voyage to Lilliput), pages 226–227:",
          "text": "I remember, before the Dwarf left the Queen, he followed us one day into thoſe gardens, and my Nurſe having ſet me down, he and I being cloſe together, near ſome Dwarf Apple trees, I muſt need ſhew my Wit, by a ſilly Alluſion between him and the Trees, which happens to hold in their Language as it doth in ours.",
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          "ref": "1901, Arthur Conan Doyle, chapter X, in The Hound of the Baskervilles:",
          "text": "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.",
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          "ref": "1910, H. G. Wells, The History of Mr. Polly:",
          "text": "It seemed to him this must needs be a marvel.",
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        "(dated) A pleonastic intensification of must using the adverb needs, meaning “must necessarily”."
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          "word": "needs must when the devil drives"
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          "word": "needs must"
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      "word": "needs must when the devil drives"
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          "text": "[…]I have spoke thus much\nTo mitigate the justice of thy plea;\nWhich if thou follow, this strict court of Venice\nMust needs give sentence 'gainst the merchant there.",
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          "ref": "1726 October 28, [Jonathan Swift], Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. […] [Gulliver’s Travels], volume I, London: […] Benj[amin] Motte, […], →OCLC, part I (A Voyage to Lilliput), pages 226–227:",
          "text": "I remember, before the Dwarf left the Queen, he followed us one day into thoſe gardens, and my Nurſe having ſet me down, he and I being cloſe together, near ſome Dwarf Apple trees, I muſt need ſhew my Wit, by a ſilly Alluſion between him and the Trees, which happens to hold in their Language as it doth in ours.",
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          "ref": "1901, Arthur Conan Doyle, chapter X, in The Hound of the Baskervilles:",
          "text": "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.",
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          "text": "It seemed to him this must needs be a marvel.",
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        "(dated) A pleonastic intensification of must using the adverb needs, meaning “must necessarily”."
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