| Want (want) |
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| Want |
| [Originally an adj., from
Icel. vant, neuter of vanr lacking, deficient. ***radic]139.
See Wane, v. i.]
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The state of not having; the condition of being
without anything; absence or scarcity of what is needed or desired;
deficiency; lack; as, a want of power or knowledge for any purpose;
want of food and clothing.
Specifically, absence or lack of necessaries;
destitution; poverty; penury; indigence; need.
That which is needed or desired; a thing of
which the loss is felt; what is not possessed, and is necessary for use or
pleasure.
A depression in coal strata,
hollowed out before the subsequent deposition took place.
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To be without] to be destitute of, or deficient
in; not to have; to lack; as, to want knowledge; to want
judgment; to want learning; to want food and
clothing.
To have occasion for, as useful, proper, or
requisite] to require; to need; as, in winter we want a fire; in
summer we want cooling breezes.
To feel need of; to wish or long for; to desire;
to crave.
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To be absent; to be deficient or lacking; to
fail; not to be sufficient; to fall or come short; to lack; -- often used
impersonally with of; as, it wants ten minutes of
four.
To be in a state of destitution; to be needy; to
lack.
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A colloquial contraction of was
not.
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