Verb
must needs (third-person singular simple present must needs, no present participle, simple past must needs, no past participle)
(dated) A pleonastic intensification of must using the adverb needs, meaning “must necessarily”.
Nothing reopens the springs of love so fully as absence, and no absence so thoroughly as that which must needs be endless. Anthony Trollope
It is a misfortune of the times that all of us must needs be amateur economists-including, and perhaps especially, the professionals. Benjamin Graham
They must needs go whom the Devil drives. Miguel de Cervantes
He who will not serve one master must needs serve many. Italian Proverb
One must needs like what one cannot hinder. French Proverb
He who cannot do what he wishes, must needs do as he can. Latin Proverb