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Webster 1913 Edition
Wanting
Want′ing
,Adj.
Absent; lacking; missing; also, deficient; destitute; needy;
as, one of the twelve is
. wanting
; I shall not be wanting
in exertionWebster 1828 Edition
Wanting
WANTING
,ppr.
1.
Needing; lacking; desiring.2.
a. Absent; deficient. One of the twelve is wanting. We have the means, but the application is wanting.3.
Slack; deficient. I shall not be wanting in exertion.