Definitions
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- verb archaic Second-person singular simple present form of
want
Etymologies
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Examples
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These words should come from none but a champion doughty and bold: what wantest thou of justice?
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“O my son,” replied he, “this is my buttery before thee” (and it was the store-room provided for the Commander of the Faithful); “so go in, and take whatso thou wilt, for there is over and above what thou wantest.”
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Prithee, why this burst of fury, these bloodshot eyes? who wrongs thee? what is it thou wantest?
Iphigenia at Aulis 2008
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Answered the Caliph, “Thou shalt have what thou wantest; but let search be made first in my palace and then in those of the Wazir and the Chief of the Sixty.”
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Prithee, why this burst of fury, these bloodshot eyes? who wrongs thee? what is it thou wantest?
Iphigenia at Aulis 2008
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And if thou canst be content, thou hast abundance, nihil est, nihil deest, thou hast little, thou wantest nothing.
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But what wantest thou, to expostulate the matter? or what hast thou not better than a rich man?
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Pretty creature, said she; and wantest thou thy good master to come, and quarrel with his sister on thy account? —
Pamela 2006
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And thou wantest to make a merit with the uncle, with a view to one of his nieces.
Clarissa Harlowe 2006
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If thou wantest my assistance in the latter, command me.
Clarissa Harlowe 2006
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