单词 | to want of |
释义 | > as lemmasto want of ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > non-possession > not have [verb (transitive)] > lack wantc1175 missa1300 tharnc1300 to fail of1307 lackc1320 fault1377 failc1380 wanea1400 defaultc1425 to want ofc1425 walter1463 fault?1504 to defail of1556 to want for1560 scant1565 inlaik1568 impaira1626 to bate of1633 c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) v. l. 2121 Ydumeus..made hym surete He shuld..nat want of what may do him ese. c1450 (?a1400) Wars Alexander (Ashm.) l. 4586 Þe same wyse dose a wolfe þat wantis of his pray. c1500 Melusine (1895) 147 He demanded of them what they ayled, and yf they wanted of eny thing. 1549 J. Ponet tr. B. Ochino Tragoedie Unjuste Usurped Primacie sig. Y.i I wyll be allwayes with hym, neither shall he want of my fauour, grace, and defense at any time. 1600 F. L. tr. Ovid Remedy of Love i. sig. D1v Are her teeth blacke or wants shee of the best? Relate some merry iest that shee may grinne. 1631 T. May tr. J. Barclay Mirrour of Mindes i. 206 The English which want somewhat of the pompous shew of the French humanity, doe want much more of their barbourous cruelty. 1658 R. Allestree Pract. Christian Graces; or, Whole Duty of Man xvii. §8. 365 We want of..the due compassion, if we can be content our poor brother should have one hour of unnecessary suffering, when we have present opportunity of relieving him. 1672 A. Marvell Rehearsal Transpros'd i. 69 Though you may discover the same fury, yet it wants of the same vigour. 1731 Philos. Trans. 1729–30 (Royal Soc.) 36 301 And if ever it is found otherwise, I cannot but think that Loadstone wants of Perfection. 1766 H. Brooke Fool of Quality II. xii. 270 However brilliant a diamond may be..it wants of its value and lustre, till suitably set. < as lemmas |
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