Definition of want

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Want (v. i.) 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..

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Brachycatalectic :: Brachycatalectic (n.) A verse wanting two syllables at its termination.
Wantoning :: Wantoning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Wanto.
Illiterature :: Illiterature (n.) Want of learning; illiteracy.
Unsurety :: Unsurety (n.) Want of surety; uncertainty; insecurity; doubt.
Hungerly :: Hungerly (a.) Wanting food; starved.
Catalectic :: Catalectic (a.) Wanting a syllable at the end, or terminating in an imperfect foot; as, a catalectic verse..
Necessity :: Necessity (n.) The condition of being needy or necessitous; pressing need; indigence; want.
Wanton :: Wanton (v. i.) To sport in lewdness; to play the wanton; to play lasciviously.
Much :: Much (Compar. & superl. wanting, but supplied by) High in rank or position..
Nonsensitive :: Nonsensitive (a.) Not sensitive; wanting sense or perception; not easily affected.
Sightless :: Sightless (a.) Wanting sight; without sight; blind.
Imprudent :: Imprudent (a.) Not prudent; wanting in prudence or discretion; indiscreet; injudicious; not attentive to consequence; improper.
Inacquaintance :: Inacquaintance (a.) Want of acquaintance.
Harlot :: Harlot (a.) Wanton; lewd; low; base.
Mistrust :: Mistrust (n.) Want of confidence or trust; suspicion; distrust.
Dishonesty :: Dishonesty (n.) Want of honesty, probity, or integrity in principle; want of fairness and straightforwardness; a disposition to defraud, deceive, or betray; faithlessness..
Gnat :: Gnat (n.) A blood-sucking dipterous fly, of the genus Culex, undergoing a metamorphosis in water. The females have a proboscis armed with needlelike organs for penetrating the skin of animals. These are wanting in the males. In America they are generally called mosquitoes. See Mosquito..
Uneasy :: Uneasy (a.) Occasioning want of ease; constraining; cramping; disagreeable; unpleasing.
Ineffervescence :: Ineffervescence (n.) Want of effervescence.
Dally :: Dally (v. i.) To interchange caresses, especially with one of the opposite sex; to use fondling; to wanton; to sport..
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