Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The state or condition of suffering from the need of something; a strong desire for something; exigence.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun rare The state of needing, or of suffering a natural want.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The state of
needing , or ofsuffering anatural want .
Etymologies
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Latin egens, egentis, present participle of egere to be needy, suffer want.
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