Definition of want

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Want (v. i.) Specifically, absence or lack of necessaries; destitution; poverty; penury; indigence; need..

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Wanting :: Wanting (a.) Absent; lacking; missing; also, deficient; destitute; needy; as, one of the twelve is wanting; I shall not be wanting in exertion..
Imperfect :: Imperfect (a.) Wanting in some elementary organ that is essential to successful or normal activity.
Insensate :: Insensate (a.) Wanting sensibility; destitute of sense; stupid; foolish.
Light-o''-love :: Light-o'-love (n.) Hence: A light or wanton woman.
Unremembrance :: Unremembrance (n.) Want of remembrance; forgetfulness.
Disport :: Disport (v. i.) To play; to wanton; to move in gayety; to move lightly and without restraint; to amuse one's self.
Seawant :: Seawant (n.) The name used by the Algonquin Indians for the shell beads which passed among the Indians as money.
Laxity :: Laxity (a.) The state or quality of being lax; want of tenseness, strictness, or exactness..
Nonlimitation :: Nonlimitation (n.) Want of limitation; failure to limit.
Inefficiency :: Inefficiency (n.) The quality of being inefficient; want of power or energy sufficient; want of power or energy sufficient for the desired effect; inefficacy; incapacity; as, he was discharged from his position for inefficiency..
Insecurity :: Insecurity (n.) The condition or quality of being insecure; want of safety; danger; hazard; as, the insecurity of a building liable to fire; insecurity of a debt..
Languageless :: Languageless (a.) Lacking or wanting language; speechless; silent.
Insensible :: Insensible (a.) Destitute of the power of feeling or perceiving; wanting bodily sensibility.
Arrhytmy :: Arrhytmy (n.) Want of rhythm.
Accommodation :: Accommodation (n.) Whatever supplies a want or affords ease, refreshment, or convenience; anything furnished which is desired or needful; -- often in the plural; as, the accommodations -- that is, lodgings and food -- at an inn..
Inexistence :: Inexistence (n.) Want of being or existence.
Fail :: Fail (v. t.) To be wanting to ; to be insufficient for; to disappoint; to desert.
Wanton :: Wanton (v. t.) Untrained; undisciplined; unrestrained; hence, loose; free; luxuriant; roving; sportive..
Penury :: Penury (n.) Absence of resources; want; privation; indigence; extreme poverty; destitution.
Inattention :: Inattention (n.) Want of attention, or failure to pay attention; disregard; heedlessness; neglect..
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