Definition of want

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Want (v. i.) 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..

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Ateles :: Ateles (n.) A genus of American monkeys with prehensile tails, and having the thumb wanting or rudimentary. See Spider monkey, and Coaita..
Awless :: Awless (a.) Wanting reverence; void of respectful fear.
Improbity :: Improbity (n.) Lack of probity; want of integrity or rectitude; dishonesty.
Falseness :: Falseness (n.) The state of being false; contrariety to the fact; inaccuracy; want of integrity or uprightness; double dealing; unfaithfulness; treachery; perfidy; as, the falseness of a report, a drawing, or a singer's notes; the falseness of a man, or of his word..
Serve :: Serve (v. t.) To wait upon; to supply the wants of; to attend; specifically, to wait upon at table; to attend at meals; to supply with food; as, to serve customers in a shop..
Lightly :: Lightly (adv.) Not chastely; wantonly.
Enough :: Enough (n.) A sufficiency; a quantity which satisfies desire, is adequate to the want, or is equal to the power or ability; as, he had enough to do take care of himself..
Lack :: Lack (v. t.) To be without or destitute of; to want; to need.
Irrelation :: Irrelation (n.) The quality or state of being irrelative; want of connection or relation.
Inaffability :: Inaffability (n.) Want of affability or sociability; reticence.
Groundless :: Groundless (a.) Without ground or foundation; wanting cause or reason for support; not authorized; false; as, groundless fear; a groundless report or assertion..
Dispunct :: Dispunct (a.) Wanting in punctilious respect; discourteous.
Uncoformability :: Uncoformability (n.) Want of parallelism between one series of strata and another, especially when due to a disturbance of the position of the earlier strata before the latter were deposited..
Impreparation :: Impreparation (n.) Want of preparation.
Timid :: Timid (a.) Wanting courage to meet danger; easily frightened; timorous; not bold; fearful; shy.
Harlot :: Harlot (a.) Wanton; lewd; low; base.
Need :: Need (n.) To be in want of; to have cause or occasion for; to lack; to require, as supply or relief..
Wanton :: Wanton (v. i.) To sport in lewdness; to play the wanton; to play lasciviously.
Supplial :: Suppletory (n.) That which is to supply what is wanted.
Inexpediency :: Inexpediency (n.) The quality or state of being inexpedient; want of fitness; unsuitableness to the end or object; impropriety; as, the inexpedience of some measures..
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