WANT - Definiția din dicționar
Traducere: română
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Want (277), n. [Originally an adj., from Icel.
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1. The state of not having; the condition of being without anything; absence or scarcity of what is needed or desired; deficiency; lack; as, a want of power or knowledge for any purpose; want of food and clothing.
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And me, his parent, would full soon devour
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From having wishes in consequence of our
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Pride is as loud a beggar as
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2. Specifically, absence or lack of necessaries; destitution; poverty; penury; indigence; need.
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Nothing is so hard for those who abound in riches, as to conceive how others can be in
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3. That which is needed or desired; a thing of which the loss is felt; what is not possessed, and is necessary for use or pleasure.
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Habitual superfluities become actual
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4. (Mining) A depression in coal strata, hollowed out before the subsequent deposition took place. [Eng.]
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Want, v. t.
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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.
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They that
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Nor think, though men were none,
That heaven would
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The unhappy never
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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.
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3. To feel need of; to wish or long for; to desire; to crave. “ What
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Want, v. i. [Icel.
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1. To be absent; to be deficient or lacking; to fail; not to be sufficient; to fall or come short; to lack; -- often used impersonally with
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The disposition, the manners, and the thoughts are all before it; where any of those are
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2. To be in a state of destitution; to be needy; to lack.
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You have a gift, sir (thank your education),
Will never let you
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For as in bodies, thus in souls, we find
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