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/wˈɑntəd/ /wˈɔntɪd/ /wˈɔnɪd/ Listen

Wanted

adjective

1.

Desired or wished for or sought. "A wanted criminal" , "A wanted poster" Antonym: unwanted.

2.

Characterized by feeling or showing fond affection for. Synonyms: cherished, precious, treasured. "Children are precious" , "A treasured heirloom" , "So good to feel wanted"

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"

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"Wanted" Quotes from Famous Books

... places what is taken into the mind at different times in relation to the same subjects under their appropriate heads, so that the various stores are not heterogeneously piled up, but laid away in order, and may be referred to with ease when wanted. If a person's daily employments are such as demand a constant exercise of the thoughts, all the leisure should not be devoted to reading, but a part reserved for reflecting upon and arranging in the mind what is read. The manner of reading is much more important than the quantity. ...

— The Elements of Character • Mary G. Chandler

... very quickly and could from memory write a long poem, but there was a certain vagueness about her which partly may have been due to a still existing indifference. This vagueness consisted chiefly in a difficulty of attention or in her capacity to grasp fully what was wanted. It is best illustrated by a few examples: After she had been asked about the onset of her sickness and she had said that what was on her mind then were prayers for the salvation of her relatives, ...

— Benign Stupors - A Study of a New Manic-Depressive Reaction Type • August Hoch

... disregardful in him to be away at such a time," said Katy, imposingly. "Suppose now his father wanted to make his last will in the testament, who is there to do so solemn and awful an act for him? Harvey is a very wasteful and ...

— The Spy • James Fenimore Cooper

... 'Harry the Actor' successfully looted the office safe of M'Kenkie, J.F. Higgs & Co., of Cleveland, Ohio. He had just married a smart but very facile third-rate vaudeville actress—English by origin—and wanted money for the honeymoon. He got about five hundred pounds, and with that they came to Europe and stayed in London for some months. That period is marked by the Congreave Square post office burglary, you may remember. While studying such of the British institutions as most appealed ...

— Four Max Carrados Detective Stories • Ernest Bramah

... I and the gate-post, lady, they don't hanker for my society. If somebody—especially colonels, or a judge maybe,—wanted to borrow a horse from the maharajah's stable,—or perhaps they'd like a file o' men to escort a picnic in the hills,—then it's 'Oh, hello, good morning, Mr. Tripe. How's the dog this morning? ...

— Guns of the Gods • Talbot Mundy

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