1. To be without; to be destitute of, or deficient in; not to have; to
lack; as, to want knowledge; to want judgment; to want learning; to
want food and clothing.
They that want honesty, want anything.
Beau. & Fl.
Nor think, though men were none, That heaven would want spectators, God
want praise.
Milton.
The unhappy never want enemies.
Richardson.
2. To have occasion for, as useful, proper, or requisite; to require;
to need; as, in winter we want a fire; in summer we want cooling
breezes.
3. To feel need of; to wish or long for; to desire; to crave. " What
wants my son?" Addison.