To wish for or desire (something); to feel a need or desire for; to crave, hanker, or demand.
I want you as a friend, not a foe.
To wish, desire, or demand to see, have the presence of or do business with.
Ma’am, you are exactly the professional we want for this job.
To desire (to experience desire); to wish.
You can leave if you want.
A desire, wish, longing.
Lack, absence, deficiency.
She showed a want of caution in renting her house to complete strangers.
A mole (Talpa europea).
A personification of want.
From Middle English wanten (“to lack, to need”), from Old Norse vanta (“to lack”), from Proto-Germanic *wanatōną (“to be wanting, lack”), from *wanô (“lack, deficiency”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁w...
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Lic. She hath the ears of a want. / Pec. Doth she want ears?