Want

wawnt, n. State of not having; absence or scarcity of what is needed or desired; destitution; Ward, poverty; need; that which is needed or Wanderoo. desired; a thing of which the lo is felt; indigence; defect; failure; dearth; scarcity; scarcene .— v.t. To be without, be destitute of, lack; to have occasion for, as useful, proper, or requisite; to require, need; to feel need of, wish or long for, desire to; be lacking in respect'of, or to the amount of.— v.i. To be deficient or lacking; to fail, fall short; to be mi ed; not to be present; to omit, neglect, fail. — Wanting, p. a. Absent; deficient; slack; remi . — Wan 'ton, won'tun, a. Moving or flying loosely; wandering or roving in gayety or sport; running to exce ; loose; unrestrained; luxuriant; overgrown; not turned or formed with regularity; wandering from moral rectitude; licentious; di olute; deviagun, cube, full; moon, fcJot; cow, oil; linger ting from the rules of chastity; lecherous; lascivious; libidinous. — n. A lewd person; a lascivious man or woman. — v. i. [wantoned (-tund), -toning.] To rove and ramble without restraint, rule, or limit; to revel, frolic; to sport in lewdne or lasciviously.