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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Entertainment :: Entertainment (n.) That which entertains, or with which one is entertained; as: (a) Hospitality; hospitable provision for the wants of a guest; especially, provision for the table; a hospitable repast; a feast; a formal or elegant meal. (b) That which engages the attention agreeably, amuses or diverts, whether in private, as by conversation, etc., or in public, by performances of some kind; amusement..
Flatness :: Flatness (n.) Eveness of surface; want of relief or prominence; the state of being plane or level.
Paly :: Paly (a.) Pale; wanting color; dim.
Enough :: Enough (a.) Satisfying desire; giving content; adequate to meet the want; sufficient; -- usually, and more elegantly, following the noun to which it belongs..
Leer :: Leer (a.) Wanting sense or seriousness; trifling; trivolous; as, leer words..
Disharmony :: Disharmony (n.) Want of harmony; discord; incongruity.
Discourtship :: Discourtship (n.) Want of courtesy.
Cowardly :: Cowardly (a.) Wanting courage; basely or weakly timid or fearful; pusillanimous; spiritless.
Imperfect :: Imperfect (a.) Wanting in some elementary organ that is essential to successful or normal activity.
Whiteness :: Whiteness (n.) Want of a sanguineous tinge; paleness; as from terror, grief, etc..
Wanhope :: Wanhope (n.) Want of hope; despair; also, faint or delusive hope; delusion. [Obs.] Piers Plowman..
Immethodicalness :: Immethodicalness (n.) Want of method.
Penurious :: Penurious (a.) Destitute of money; suffering extreme want.
Commonplace :: Commonplace (n.) An idea or expression wanting originality or interest; a trite or customary remark; a platitude.
Informity :: Informity (a.) Want of regular form; shapelessness.
Impersonal :: Impersonal (n.) That which wants personality; specifically (Gram.), an impersonal verb..
Unfinished :: Unfinished (a.) Not finished, not brought to an end; imperfect; incomplete; left in the rough; wanting the last hand or touch; as, an unfinished house; an unfinished picture; an unfinished iron casting..
Ineffectualness :: Ineffectualness (n.) Want of effect, or of power to produce it; inefficacy..
Hard :: Hard (superl.) Wanting softness or smoothness of utterance; harsh; as, a hard tone..
Corybantiasm :: Corybantiasm (n.) A kind of frenzy in which the patient is tormented by fantastic visions and want of sleep.
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