Definition of want

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Want (v. t.) 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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Inconvenience :: Inconvenience (n.) The quality or condition of being inconvenient; want of convenience; unfitness; unsuitableness; inexpediency; awkwardness; as, the inconvenience of the arrangement..
Hungerly :: Hungerly (a.) Wanting food; starved.
Wanhope :: Wanhope (n.) Want of hope; despair; also, faint or delusive hope; delusion. [Obs.] Piers Plowman..
Lack :: Lack (v. t.) To be without or destitute of; to want; to need.
Lascivious :: Lascivious (a.) Wanton; lewd; lustful; as, lascivious men; lascivious desires..
Indiscreet :: Indiscreet (a.) Not discreet; wanting in discretion.
Need :: Need (v. i.) To be wanted; to be necessary.
Unfaith :: Unfaith (n.) Absence or want of faith; faithlessness; distrust; unbelief.
Irrepentance :: Irrepentance (n.) Want of repentance; impenitence.
Diffident :: Diffident (a.) Wanting confidence in others; distrustful.
Impotent :: Impotent (a.) Wanting the power of procreation; unable to copulate; also, sometimes, sterile; barren..
Dull-eyed :: Dull-eyed (a.) Having eyes wanting brightness, liveliness, or vivacity..
Poor :: Poor (superl.) Wanting in strength or vigor; feeble; dejected; as, poor health; poor spirits..
Insufficient :: Insufficient (a.) Wanting in strength, power, ability, capacity, or skill; incompetent; incapable; unfit; as, a person insufficient to discharge the duties of an office..
Bankrupt :: Bankrupt (a.) Destitute of, or wholly wanting (something once possessed, or something one should possess)..
Inapprehension :: Inapprehension (n.) Want of apprehension.
Misesteem :: Misesteem (n.) Want of esteem; disrespect.
Homophyly :: Homophyly (n.) That form of homology due to common ancestry (phylogenetic homology), in opposition to homomorphy, to which genealogic basis is wanting..
Irresolution :: Irresolution (n.) Want of resolution; want of decision in purpose; a fluctuation of mind, as in doubt, or between hope and fear; irresoluteness; indecision; vacillation..
Amyelous :: Amyelous (a.) Wanting the spinal cord.
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