Definition of want

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Want (v. t.) 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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Deficient :: Deficient (a.) Wanting, to make up completeness; wanting, as regards a requirement; not sufficient; inadequate; defective; imperfect; incomplete; lacking; as, deficient parts; deficient estate; deficient strength; deficient in judgment..
Succor :: Succor (v. t.) Aid; help; assistance; esp., assistance that relieves and delivers from difficulty, want, or distress..
Astheny :: Astheny (n.) Want or loss of strength; debility; diminution of the vital forces.
Indifferentism :: Indifferentism (n.) State of indifference; want of interest or earnestness; especially, a systematic apathy regarding what is true or false in religion or philosophy; agnosticism..
Droughty :: Droughty (a.) Characterized by drought; wanting rain; arid; adust.
Inopportunity :: Inopportunity (n.) Want of opportunity; unseasonableness; inconvenience.
Inabstinence :: Inabstinence (n.) Want of abstinence; indulgence.
Anacoluthon :: Anacoluthon (n.) A want of grammatical sequence or coherence in a sentence; an instance of a change of construction in a sentence so that the latter part does not syntactically correspond with the first part.
Wantonly :: Wantonly (adv.) In a wanton manner; without regularity or restraint; loosely; sportively; gayly; playfully; recklessly; lasciviously.
Coarse-grained :: Coarse-grained (a.) Having a coarse grain or texture, as wood; hence, wanting in refinement..
Monotony :: Monotony (n.) Any irksome sameness, or want of variety..
Impotency :: Impotency (n.) The quality or condition of being impotent; want of strength or power, animal, intellectual, or moral; weakness; feebleness; inability; imbecility..
Weak :: Weak (v. i.) Wanting in power to influence or bind; as, weak ties; a weak sense of honor of duty..
Incoherency :: Incoherency (n.) Want of connection; incongruity; inconsistency; want of agreement or dependence of one part on another; as, the incoherence of arguments, facts, etc..
Scarcity :: Scarcity (n.) The quality or condition of being scarce; smallness of quantity in proportion to the wants or demands; deficiency; lack of plenty; short supply; penury; as, a scarcity of grain; a great scarcity of beauties..
Want :: 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..
Cease :: Cease (v. i.) To be wanting; to fail; to pass away.
Disoccupation :: Disoccupation (n.) The state of being unemployed; want of occupation.
Imperfect :: Imperfect (a.) Not perfect; not complete in all its parts; wanting a part; deective; deficient.
Ineffervescence :: Ineffervescence (n.) Want of effervescence.
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