3 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Want \Want\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Wanted}; p. pr & vb n.
{Wanting}.]
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.
They that want honesty, want anything --Beau. & Fl
Nor think, though men were none, That heaven would
want spectators, God want praise. --Milton.
The unhappy never want enemies. --Richardson.
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.
3. To feel need of to wish or long for to desire; to crave.
`` What wants my son?'' --Addison.
I want to speak to you about something --A.
Trollope
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
wanting
adj 1: not existing; "innovation has been sadly lacking";
"character development is missing from the book" [syn:
{lacking(p)}, {missing}, {nonexistent}, {wanting(a)}]
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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