From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Want \Want\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Wanted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Wanting}.]
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1. 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.
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They that want honesty, want anything. --Beau. & Fl.
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Nor think, though men were none,
That heaven would want spectators, God want praise.
--Milton.
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The unhappy never want enemies. --Richardson.
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2. 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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3. To feel need of; to wish or long for; to desire; to crave.
" What wants my son?" --Addison.
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I want to speak to you about something. --A.
Trollope.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Wanting \Want"ing\, a.
Absent; lacking; missing; also, deficient; destitute; needy;
as, one of the twelve is wanting; I shall not be wanting in
exertion.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
wanting
adj 1: nonexistent; "the thumb is absent"; "her appetite was
lacking" [syn: {lacking}, {absent}, {missing}, {wanting}]
2: inadequate in amount or degree; "a deficient education";
"deficient in common sense"; "lacking in stamina"; "tested
and found wanting" [syn: {deficient}, {lacking(p)},
{wanting(p)}]
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