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Meaning

Verb

In Emotions:
  • To
    for or
    (something); to feel a need or
    for; to
    or demand.
  • To
    or
    to do something
    , or to
    or
    to
    from doing it.
  • In Emotions:
    To
    ,
    , or
    to see, have the
    of or
    with.
    In Emotions:
    To
    (to experience
    ); to wish.
    To be
    to do something (compare should, ought).
    To
    and be
    of or
    (something, such as a
    or
    ).
    To have
    for (something
    or
    ); to
    or need.
    To be
    or
    or absent.
    To be
    of
    ; to be
    ; to lack.
    To
    and be without, to not have (something).
    To
    and (
    ) do without.

    Noun

    In Emotions:
    A
    ,
    , longing.
    Lack,
    , deficiency.
    Poverty.
    Something
    or
    ; a
    of which the
    is felt.
    In British English & Mining:
    In Soricomorphs:
    A
    (Talpa europea).

    Name

    A
    of want.
    Sourced from
    Wiktionary

    Origin

    want
    English
    arrow
    wanten
    Middle English (1100-1500)
    arrow
    vanta
    Old Norse
    Sourced from
    Etym
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