Definition of want

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Want (v. i.) To be in a state of destitution; to be needy; to lack.

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Improvidence :: Improvidence (n.) The quality of being improvident; want of foresight or thrift.
Insincerity :: Insincerity (n.) The quality of being insincere; want of sincerity, or of being in reality what one appears to be; dissimulation; hypocritical; deceitfulness; hollowness; untrustworthiness; as, the insincerity of a professed friend; the insincerity of professions of regard..
Hunger :: Hunger (n.) An uneasy sensation occasioned normally by the want of food; a craving or desire for food.
Innutrition :: Innutrition (n.) Want of nutrition; failure of nourishment.
Imporosity :: Imporosity (n.) The state or quality of being imporous; want of porosity; compactness.
Insipid :: Insipid (a.) Wanting in spirit, life, or animation; uninteresting; weak; vapid; flat; dull; heavy; as, an insipid woman; an insipid composition..
Irrepentance :: Irrepentance (n.) Want of repentance; impenitence.
Nescience :: Nescience (n.) Want of knowledge; ignorance; agnosticism.
Thin :: Thin (superl.) Not full or well grown; wanting in plumpness.
Disaffection :: Disaffection (n.) State of being disaffected; alienation or want of affection or good will, esp. toward those in authority; unfriendliness; dislike..
Droughty :: Droughty (a.) Dry; thirsty; wanting drink.
Needment :: Needment (n.) Something needed or wanted.
Petulcity :: Petulcity (n.) Wantonness; friskiness.
Feed :: Feed (v. t.) To fill the wants of; to supply with that which is used or wasted; as, springs feed ponds; the hopper feeds the mill; to feed a furnace with coal..
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Nonresemblance :: Nonresemblance (n.) Want of resemblance; unlikeness; dissimilarity.
Incivility :: Incivility (n.) The quality or state of being uncivil; want of courtesy; rudeness of manner; impoliteness.
Plenty :: Plenty (a.) Full or adequate supply; enough and to spare; sufficiency; specifically, abundant productiveness of the earth; ample supply for human wants; abundance; copiousness..
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