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aux. [See def.] A colloquial and vulgar contraction of was not. want-age (age as Ig), s. [Eng. want (1), s.; -age.] That which is wanting; deficiency. *want-er, s. [Eng. want , v.; -er.] One who is in want or need. "The wanters are despised of God and man." Davies : Scourge of Folly , p. 21. wan-thriv-en, adj . [A. S. wan = deficient, and English thriven .] Stunted, decayed; in a state of decay or decline. ( Scotch .) "And what am I but a poor, wasted wanthriven tree, dug up by the roots?"-Scott: Heart of Mid -Lothian , ch. xx. want-le , *want-les, adj . [Eng.want (1), s.; -le .] Having no want; abundant, fruitful. "The wantles counties, E ex, Kent." Warner: Albions' England , bk. iii., ch. xiv. wan-ton, *wan-toun, *wan-towen, * wantowne, a. & s. [A. S. wan deficient, and towen , for togen , pa. par. of teón to draw, to educate, to bring up; hence, the original meaning is unreclaimed, uneducated, not taken in hand by a master.] [WANE, TUG, v.] IMG:content-0649.png:[blocks in formation] 2. Indulging the natural appetites or impulses without restraint; licentious, di olute. 3. Unrestrained by the rules of chastity; lascivious, lewd, lustful, licentious. "Froward by nature, enemy to peace, Lascivious, wanton." Shakesp.: Henry VI., Pt. I. , iii. 1. 4. Characterized or marked by licentiousne or lewdne ; lewd. "To do him wanton rites, which cost them woe." Milton: P. L. , i. 414. 5. Moving, wandering, or roving about in gayety or sport; playful, frolicsome, sportive. "All wanton as a child, skipping and vain." Shakesp.: Love's Labor's Lost , v. 2. *6. Moving or flying loosely; hanging or playing freely. "Tre es in wanton ringlets wav'd." IMG:content-0650.png:[blocks in formation] 1. A lewd person; a lascivious man or woman. "To lip a wanton in a secure couch." Shakesp.: Othello, iv. 1. *2. A merry, frolicsome rogue; a sportive creature; a trifler. "The sportive wanton pleas'd with some new play." Pope: Homer's Iliad, xv. 418. 3. A pampered, petted creature; one brought up in luxury; an effeminate person; one spoiled by indulgence. "A beardle boy, a cockered, silken wanton." Shakesp.: King John, v. 1. twan-ton, v. i. & t. [WANTΤΟΝ, α.] IMG:content-0651.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-0652.png:[blocks in formation] *wãn'-ton-ing, s. [Eng. wanton ; -ing .] 1. The act of playing the wanton. 2. A wanton. "The Muses to be woxen want on ings." Hall: Satires, I. ii. 34. *wan'-ton-ize, v. i. [Eng. wanton; -ize.] To frolic; to wanton; to play the wanton. "The prettie rill a place espies Where with the pebbles she would wantonize ." Browne: Britannia's Pastorals , i. 4. wãn-ton-lỹ, adv . [Eng. wanton , a.; -ly .] 1. In a wanton manner; lasciviously, lewdly, sportively, frolicsomely, playfully, carele ly. "This carrion-flesh which thou wantonly infect est with the false colors of thy pride."- Bp . Hall : Pharisaisme and Christian i tie. 2. With utter disregard of the consequences; reckle ly. "A plague so little to be fear'd, As to be wantonly incurr'd." Cowper: Mutual Forbearance.