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  1. transitive verb To desire greatly; wish for: They want to leave. She wants a glass of water. See Synonyms at desire.
  2. transitive verb To desire (someone to do something): I want you to clean your room.
  3. transitive verb To request the presence or assistance of: You are wanted by your office.
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  • Now that she knew what the tingle between her legs and the heaviness in her breasts meant, the want was almost painful. —  One-ClickBuy:SeptemberHarlequinBlaze
  • As to this, dear friend, we shall perhaps understand each other perfectly, and you will agree with me when I determine not to become a Frenchman (in which I should never succeed, and which the French do not want from a German), but to remain as I am and in my own character to speak to the French comprehensibly. —  Correspondence of Wagner and Liszt, Volume 1
  • Happily the want was afterwards supplied by a meat cover. —  The Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley V.1
  • They also have freedom to click where they want, which is a little more engaging than having to follow the path you direct. —  Netvouz - new bookmarks
  • AVI figures the design cost into the quote and puts the question to customers: "Doesn't it make sense to pay for a good design upfront so that you get exactly what you want, that is proven on paper to work and at a price you can afford?" —  CE Pro Recently Filed
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Etymologies (6)

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  1. Middle English wanten, to be lacking, from Old Norse vanta; see euə- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. Middle English, also wont, from Icelandic vant, neuter (with reg. Scandinavian neuter suffix -t, as seen also in thwart, another word of Scandinavian origin) of vanr, lacking: see wan-, wane.
  2. from Middle English want, wonte, lack, deficiency, indigence, from Icelandic vant, want, from vant, lacking: see want, a.
  3. from Middle English wanten, wonten, from Icelandic vanta, want, lack, from vanr, neuter vant, lacking: see want, n.
  4. Also wont; for wand, from Middle English wand, from Anglo-Saxon wand, a mole, also in comp. wand wyrp, a mole (cf. moldwarp), = G. dial, wond, wonne = Swedish dial, vand = Norwegian vand, vaand, vönd, vond, a mole.
  5. Prob. from Icelandic vöttr (vatt-, orig. vant-) = Old Swedish wante, a glove, = Swedish Danish vante = Dutch want, a mitten; cf. Old Swedish winda, wind, involve, wrap, = English wind, turn. Cf. Old French want (?), guant, gant, French gant = Provencal gan, guan = Spanish guante = Portuguese guantes (plural) = Italian guanto, prob. from Middle Latin wan tus, a glove; from Teutonic Hence (from the F. gant) English gantlet, gauntlet.
 

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