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noun
- Lack (of), absence of.
- And well are worth the want that you have wanted.--Shakespeare, King Lear
- poverty
Translations: verb
- (transitive) to wish for or desire (something).
- What do you to eat?
- (transitive) To lack (something).
- There was something wanting in the play.
- (context, transitive, informal) To require (something).
- That chair wants fixing. (= That chair requires to be fixed.)
Translations: - Dutch: willen
- French: vouloir
- German: wollen
- Italian: volere
- Spanish: querer
Etymology: , from vanta
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