| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| NOUN: | 1. The condition of lacking a needed or usual amount: absence, dearth, lack. See EXCESS. 2. Something asked for or needed: demand, exigence, exigency (often used in plural), need. See NECESSARY, OVER. 3. The condition of being extremely poor: beggary, destitution, impecuniosity, impecuniousness, impoverishment, indigence, need, neediness, pennilessness, penuriousness, penury, poverty, privation. See RICH. | | VERB: | 1. To have the desire or inclination to: choose, desire, like1, please, will, wish. Idioms: have a mind, see fit. See DESIRE. 2. To have a strong longing for: ache, covet, desire, hanker, long2, pant, pine, wish, yearn. Informal : hone2. See DESIRE. 3. To be without what is needed, required, or essential: lack, need, require. See OWNED.
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