want

[[t]wɒnt, wɔnt[/t]]

v. t.

1) to feel a need or a desire for; wish for:

to want a new dress[/ex]

2) to wish or need (often fol. by an infinitive):

I want to see you[/ex]

3) to be deficient in:

to want judgment[/ex]

4) to require or need:

The house wants painting[/ex]

5) to have an arrest warrant for:

They want him in Arizona for armed robbery[/ex]

6) to feel inclined; wish (often fol. by to):

We can stay home if you want[/ex]

7) to be deficient; have a need (sometimes fol. by for):

He did not want for abilities[/ex]

8) to be in a state of neediness or poverty: She would never allow

her parents to want[/ex]

9) to be lacking or absent:

All that wants is your signature[/ex]

10) something wanted or needed:

My wants are few[/ex]

11) something desired or demanded:

a person of childish wants[/ex]

12) absence or deficiency; lack:

for want of rain[/ex]

13) a state of need:

to be in want of an assistant[/ex]

14) a state of destitution; poverty:

a country where want is virtually unknown[/ex]

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- want in

Etymology: 1150–1200; ME wante < ON vanta to lack syn: See lack