Definition of want

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Want (v. t.) 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..

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Pointless :: Pointless (a.) Having no point; blunt; wanting keenness; obtuse; as, a pointless sword; a pointless remark..
Inculture :: Inculture (n.) Want or neglect of cultivation or culture.
Slaughter :: Slaughter (v. t.) The extensive, violent, bloody, or wanton destruction of life; carnage..
Distress :: Distress (n.) A state of danger or necessity; as, a ship in distress, from leaking, loss of spars, want of provisions or water, etc..
Thin :: Thin (superl.) Not full or well grown; wanting in plumpness.
Prigidity :: Prigidity (n.) Want of ardor, animation, vivacity, etc.; coldness of affection or of manner; dullness; stiffness and formality; as, frigidity of a reception, of a bow, etc..
Fill :: Fill (v. t.) A full supply, as much as supplies want; as much as gives complete satisfaction..
Unrest :: Unrest (n.) Want of rest or repose; unquietness; sleeplessness; uneasiness; disquietude.
Atonic :: Atonic (a.) Characterized by atony, or want of vital energy; as, an atonic disease..
Supply :: Supply (n.) That which supplies a want; sufficiency of things for use or want.
Silly :: Silly (n.) Proceeding from want of understanding or common judgment; characterized by weakness or folly; unwise; absurd; stupid; as, silly conduct; a silly question..
Insipience :: Insipience (n.) Want of intelligence; stupidity; folly.
Illimitation :: Illimitation (n.) State of being illimitable; want of, or freedom from, limitation..
Surplusage :: Surplusage (n.) Surplus; excess; overplus; as, surplusage of grain or goods beyond what is wanted..
Indiligence :: Indiligence (n.) Want of diligence.
Incomplete :: Incomplete (a.) Wanting any of the usual floral organs; -- said of a flower.
Timid :: Timid (a.) Wanting courage to meet danger; easily frightened; timorous; not bold; fearful; shy.
Deafness :: Deafness (n.) Incapacity of perceiving sounds; the state of the organs which prevents the impression which constitute hearing; want of the sense of hearing.
Inconsistency :: Inconsistency (n.) Want of stability or uniformity; unsteadiness; changeableness; variableness.
Droop :: Droop (v. i.) To hang bending downward; to sink or hang down, as an animal, plant, etc., from physical inability or exhaustion, want of nourishment, or the like..
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