And me, his parent, would full soon devour
For want of other prey. Milton.

From having wishes in consequence of our wants, we often feel wants in consequence of our wishes. Rambler.

Pride is as loud a beggar as want, and more saucy. Franklin.

Nothing is so hard for those who abound in riches, as to conceive how others can be in want. Swift.

Habitual superfluities become actual wants. Paley.

Syn. -- Indigence; deficiency; defect; destitution; lack; failure; dearth; scarceness.

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.

I want to speak to you about something. A. Trollope.

The disposition, the manners, and the thoughts are all before it; where any of those are wanting or imperfect, so much wants or is imperfect in the imitation of human life. Dryden.

You have a gift, sir (thank your education),
Will never let you want. B. Jonson.

For as in bodies, thus in souls, we find
What wants in blood and spirits, swelled with wind. Pope.

* Want was formerly used impersonally with an indirect object. "Him wanted audience." Chaucer.