The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

needed \needed\ adj.
   necessary; as, provided them with all needed equipment.
   Opposite of unnecessary.

   Syn: needful, required, requisite.
        [WordNet 1.5]

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Need \Need\ (n[=e]d), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Needed; p. pr. & vb.
   n. Needing.] [See Need, n. Cf. AS. n[=y]dan to force,
   Goth. nau[thorn]jan.]
   To be in want of; to have cause or occasion for; to lack; to
   require, as supply or relief.
   [1913 Webster]

         Other creatures all day long
         Rove idle, unemployed, and less need rest. --Milton.
   [1913 Webster]

   Note: With another verb, need is used like an auxiliary,
         generally in a negative sentence expressing requirement
         or obligation, and in this use it undergoes no change
         of termination in the third person singular of the
         present tense. "And the lender need not fear he shall
         be injured." --Anacharsis (Trans. ).
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

needed
    adj 1: necessary for relief or supply; "provided them with all
           things needful" [syn: needed, needful, required,
           requisite]