Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Wanting"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Want \Want\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Wanted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Wanting}.]
1. To be without; to be destitute of, or deficient in; not to
have; to lack; as, to want knowledge; to want judgment; to
want learning; to want food and clothing.

They that want honesty, want anything. --Beau. & Fl.

Nor think, though men were none, That heaven would
want spectators, God want praise. --Milton.

The unhappy never want enemies. --Richardson.

2. To have occasion for, as useful, proper, or requisite; to
require; to need; as, in winter we want a fire; in summer
we want cooling breezes.

3. To feel need of; to wish or long for; to desire; to crave.
`` What wants my son?'' --Addison.

I want to speak to you about something. --A.
Trollope.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Wanting \Want"ing\, a.
Absent; lacking; missing; also, deficient; destitute; needy;
as, one of the twelve is wanting; I shall not be wanting in
exertion.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

wanting
adj 1: not existing; "innovation has been sadly lacking";
"character development is missing from the book" [syn:
{lacking(p)}, {missing}, {nonexistent}, {wanting(a)}]
2: inadequate in amount or degree; "a deficient education";
"deficient in common sense"; "lacking in stamina"; "tested
and found wanting" [syn: {deficient}, {lacking(p)}, {wanting(p)}]


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