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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Incongruence :: Incongruence (n.) Want of congruence; incongruity.
Dissatisfy :: Dissatisfy (v. t.) To render unsatisfied or discontented; to excite uneasiness in by frustrating wishes or expectations; to displease by the want of something requisite; as, to be dissatisfied with one's fortune..
Comfortless :: Comfortless (a.) Without comfort or comforts; in want or distress; cheerless.
Appetency :: Appetency (n.) Specifically: An instinctive inclination or propensity in animals to perform certain actions, as in the young to suck, in aquatic fowls to enter into water and to swim; the tendency of an organized body to seek what satisfies the wants of its organism..
Droughty :: Droughty (a.) Dry; thirsty; wanting drink.
Harlot :: Harlot (a.) Wanton; lewd; low; base.
Faint :: Faint (v. i.) To become weak or wanting in vigor; to grow feeble; to lose strength and color, and the control of the bodily or mental functions; to swoon; -- sometimes with away. See Fainting, n..
Want :: Want (v. i.) Specifically, absence or lack of necessaries; destitution; poverty; penury; indigence; need..
Missing :: Missing (v. i.) Absent from the place where it was expected to be found; lost; wanting; not present when called or looked for.
Inadequation :: Inadequation (n.) Want of exact correspondence.
Cold :: Cold (n.) Wanting in power to excite; dull; uninteresting.
Satisfy :: Satisfy (a.) In general, to fill up the measure of a want of (a person or a thing); hence, to grafity fully the desire of; to make content; to supply to the full, or so far as to give contentment with what is wished for..
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..
Impotent :: Impotent (a.) Wanting the power of procreation; unable to copulate; also, sometimes, sterile; barren..
Discontinuity :: Discontinuity (n.) Want of continuity or cohesion; disunion of parts.
Low :: Low (superl.) Wanting strength or animation; depressed; dejected; as, low spirits; low in spirits..
Invaletudinary :: Invaletudinary (a.) Wanting health; valetudinary.
Fulsome :: Fulsome (a.) Lustful; wanton; obscene; also, tending to obscenity..
Rough :: Rough (n.) Hastily or carelessly done; wanting finish; incomplete; as, a rough estimate; a rough draught..
Misesteem :: Misesteem (n.) Want of esteem; disrespect.
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