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Want

verb

(past & past part. wanted; pres. part. wanting)

1.

Feel or have a desire for; want strongly. Synonym: desire. "I want my own room"

2.

Have need of. Synonyms: need, require.

3.

Hunt or look for; want for a particular reason. "Uncle Sam wants you"

4.

Wish or demand the presence of.

5.

Be without, lack; be deficient in. "Want the strength to go on living" , "Flood victims wanting food and shelter"

noun

1.

A state of extreme poverty. Synonyms: deprivation, neediness, privation.

2.

The state of needing something that is absent or unavailable. Synonyms: deficiency, lack. "Water is the critical deficiency in desert regions" , "For want of a nail the shoe was lost"

3.

Anything that is necessary but lacking. Synonym: need. "I tried to supply his wants"

4.

A specific feeling of desire. Synonyms: wish, wishing. "He was above all wishing and desire"

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"Want" Quotes from Famous Books

... "What do you want?" he said to me. "Do you not know that I sleep from twelve to six every afternoon? What do you mean by disturbing me? I am sure you would not disturb officers of your own ...

— Across Unknown South America • Arnold Henry Savage Landor

... There is no difficulty on that score. And then you are weakened to that degree that nothing worries you. Things going wrong or remaining neglected about the garden or the stable, which would have annoyed you when well, cannot touch you here. All you want is to lie still and rest. Everything is still. You faintly hear the door-bell ring; and though you live in a quiet country house where that phenomenon rarely occurs, you feel not the least curiosity to know who is there. You can look for a long time quite contentedly at the glow of the ...

— The Recreations of A Country Parson • A. K. H. Boyd

... Trustees, but it is mine; I am a trustee, every student is a trustee of this institution. How can I make every dollar go as far as possible? How can I help cut down expenses here?'" And later on, "I want you to get into the habit of saying: 'This institution belongs to me, belongs to my race; every dollar that is spent here is spent for my benefit and for the benefit of my race; every cent that is wasted ...

— Booker T. Washington - Builder of a Civilization • Emmett J. Scott and Lyman Beecher Stowe

... Canon Fournier at Bayeux, Bessie Fairfax had disconcerted this fine gentleman, but now the tables were turned, and on board the yacht he often disconcerted her—not of malice prepense, but for want of due consideration. No doubt she was a little unformed, ignorant girl, but her intuitive perceptions were quick, and she knew when she was depreciated and misunderstood. On a certain afternoon he read her some beautiful poetry under ...

— The Vicissitudes of Bessie Fairfax • Harriet Parr

... This plant grows only in the tract between Merj and Derna—the very heart of the old silphium country, while that it has medicinal properties is certain from its effects upon animals; there can thus be little doubt that it is the silphium of the ancients, somewhat degenerated, owing to want of cultivation. ...

— The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 5. (of 7): Persia • George Rawlinson

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