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& s. [Icel. vant, neut. of vanr lacking, deficient; vans i =want; vant a =to want. From the same root as wane (q. v.).] *A. As adjective : Wanting, deficient. ( Ormulum , 14,398.) B. As substantive: 1. The state or condition of not having; the condition of being without anything; lack. "Evil is wrought by want of thought, As well as want of heart." Hood: Lady's Dream. 2. Absence, scarcity, lack; deficiency. "Worth makes the man, and want of it the fellow." Pope: E ay on Man, iv. 203. 3. Occasion for something; need, nece ity. "To supply the ripe wants of my friend." Shakesp.: Merchant of Venice , i. 3. 4. The state or condition of being without means; penury, indigence, poverty. " Want makes us know the price of what we avile." Ben Jonson: Prince Henry's Barriers. 5. That which is not po e ed, but is nece ary or desired for use or pleasure. "Nature's wants, he knows how few they are." Words worth: Excursion, bk. iv. *want-grace, s . A reprobate. "Want a want - grace to per for me the deede.' Davies: Microcosmos, p. 57. IMG:content-0647.png:[blocks in formation] 2. To be deficient in; to be lacking in respect of or to the amount of; to fall or come short in. 3. To have occasion for, as something requisite, nece ary, useful, proper, or desirable; to need, to require. "He persisted in remaining where he was not wanted ." -Macaulay: Hist . Eng., ch xvii. 4. To feel a desire for, as for something absent, needed, lost, or the like; to feel the need of; to wish or long for; to desire, to crave. "I want more uncles here to welcome me." Shakesp.: Richard III., iii. 1. 5. To desire to speak, or to do busine with; to desire the presence or a istance of. B. Intransitive : 1. To be lacking or wanting; to be absent. "There wanted leysure not only to place theym vnder theyr ante-signes, but also to put on theyr skuls."-Gold. inge: Cæsar, fol. 57. 2. To be deficient; not to be sufficient; not to come up to a certain standard; to fail; to come or run short. "There wanteth but a mean to fill your song." Shakesp.: Two Gentlemen, i. 2. 3. To be mi ed; not to be present. "Granivorous animals have a long colon and cæcum, which in carnivorous are wanting ." - Arbuthnot : On Aliments. 4. To be in want; to suffer indigence or want. "Why should you want ? Behold, the earth hath roots; Within this mile break forth a hundred springs." Shakesp.: Timon , iv. 3. 5. To be desirous or disposed; to wish; as, He does not want to go. ( Colloq .) To be wanted: A euphemistic phrase, signifying that the person referred to is being sought for by the police on some charge. "Two men supposed to be on board of a ve el which was loading at Hebburn Coal staithes, were wanted in Germany for murder."-London Daily Telegraph. *want (2), s . [O. Fr. want (Fr. gant ), from Low Lat. want us , from the Teutonic; Icel. võttr ; Dan. vante ; Sw.wante.] A glove. *want (3), s. [A. S. wand ; Prov. Ger. wond .] An old name for the mole or moldwarp. pine, pit, sire, sir, marine; gō, pot, wa'n't IMG:content-0648.jpg:[graphic]