| Want |
The state of not having; the condition of being without anything; absence or scarcity of what is needed or desired; deficiency; lack; as, a want of power or knowledge for any purpose; want of food and clothing. |
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| Want |
Specifically, absence or lack of necessaries; destitution; poverty; penury; indigence; need. |
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| Want |
That which is needed or desired; a thing of which the loss is felt; what is not possessed, and is necessary for use or pleasure. |
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| Want |
A depression in coal strata, hollowed out before the subsequent deposition took place. |
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| Want |
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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