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▪ I. wanting, vbl. n.|ˈwɒntɪŋ|
[f. want v. + -ing1.]
The condition of being without, or lacking, something; the absence or deficiency of something.
a1300Cursor M. 11676 We o water has nu wanting, Vr water purueance es gan. c1380Wyclif De Apostasia Cleri i. Sel. Wks. III. 431 Bodyliche abyte, or wantyng þerof, makiþ not men religiose neyþer apostataes. a1395Hylton Scala Perf. (W. de W. 1494) i. lxxxi, What is synne but a wanting or a forberyng of good. 1423Jas. I Kingis Q. lxxxvi, Sum [died] soroufully, for wanting of thare makis. c1500Melusine xxiv. 179 Woo were to me yf for wantyng of a preu & valyaunt man it shuld retourne in to the pay⁓nemes handes. 1600Shakes. A.Y.L. ii. vii. 126 And take vpon command, what helpe we haue That to your wanting may be ministred. 1637Sanderson Serm. (1681) II. 92 If we would..exercise our selves sometimes to fastings and wantings and other hardnesses and austerities. 1680W. Allen's Persuas. Peace & Unity Pref. p. lxxxvi, The Printers wanting of Copy to fill up this sheet, is the only occasion of this Postscript. 1682Otway Venice Preserv'd iv. i. Why was such happiness not given me pure? Why dash'd with cruel wrongs, and bitter wantings? 1883Whitelaw Sophocles, Electra 265 They rule me, and from them comes all I have—My having and my wanting, both are theirs.
▪ II. wanting, pres. pple. and ppl. a.|ˈwɒntɪŋ|
[f. want v. + -ing2.]
I. As pres. pple. (only predicatively).
1. a. That is absent or lacking; not forthcoming, not supplied or provided.
c1400Rule St. Benet (Verse) 1505 So þat, if oght wantand be, In whom defaut es, may men se. c1440Alphabet of Tales 54 So þai lukid aboute þaim, & one of þaim sayd þat þe chamberlayn was wantand. 1577B. Googe Heresbach's Husb. i. 36 If doung be wantyng to mende the ground withall. 1671Milton P.R. ii. 450 And what in me seems wanting, but that I May also in this poverty as soon Accomplish what they did? 1707Curios. in Husb. & Gard. 168 When the Saltseller was wanting, the Table was look'd on as Profane. 1837Dickens Pickw. ii, Mr. Winkle eagerly watched his opportunity; it was not long wanting. 1883Manch. Guard. 22 Oct. 5/2 There are not wanting indications that the calm is more apparent than real. 1886C. Scholl Phraseol. Dict. II. 830 Nothing will be wanting on my part to render your stay in our city as agreeable as possible.
b. Const. to († formerly also simple dative)
13..Cursor M. 6499 Quen manna sal vs wantand be, He sal send vs wid plente. 1591Shakes. 1 Hen. VI, i. i. 82 Were our Tears wanting to this Funerall. 1640tr. Verdere's Rom. of Rom. ii. xlv. 174 As for my parents,..I may say without vanity, that Crowns are unjustly wanting to their worth. [Fr. que les couronnes manquent iniustement à leurs merites.] 1849Macaulay Hist. Eng. iv. I. 430 No gift of nature or of fortune seemed to be wanting to her. 1861Paley Aeschylus (ed. 2) Choeph. 817 note, By this slight and happy change..an imperative, hitherto wanting to the sentence, is obtained.
c. fig. to be wanting to: to fail to help or satisfy (a person or need); to prove unequal to, fall below (a claim, expectation, duty, opportunity). to be wanting to oneself: to fail to do justice to oneself; to fall below the standard imposed by one's character and abilities (now rare or arch).
1640tr. Verdere's Rom. of Rom. i. xliii. 176 When they had all promised rather to dye then be wanting to the duty of a good Knight [Fr. plustost que manquer au deuoir d'vn bon cheualier]. 1642D. Rogers Naaman 11 Some alledge God will not be wanting to any who are not wanting to themselves. 1667Milton P.L. x. 271 Nor shall I to the work thou enterprisest Be wanting, but afford thee equal aid. 1701W. Wotton Hist. Rome 343 He was mightily wanting also to himself in the choice of his Officers. 1762Hume Hist. Eng. to Hen. VII, I. i. 17 Cerdic was not wanting to his good fortune. 1785Cowper Let. to Unwin 31 Dec., You observe therefore that I am not wanting to myself; he that is so, has no just claim on the assistance of others. 1794Ann. Reg., Hist. 89 The Vendéans were not wanting to themselves in so terrible a crisis. 1868Freeman Norm. Conq. (1877) II. vii. 140 The Earl was not a man to be wanting to his country at such a moment. 1872J. H. Newman Hist. Sk. II. Ded. p. vi, You have never been wanting to me..when I had occasion in any difficulty to seek your guidance.
†2. Needful, requisite, necessary. Obs.
1756Washington Writ. (1889) I. 261 To carry on all these works, a number of tools..will be absolutely wanting. 1797A. M. Bennett Beggar Girl (1813) II. 98 Mrs. Buchanan's first plan was to take such a number of servants with her as would be wanting to attend on her husband. 1802M. Edgeworth Moral T., Prussian Vase Wks. 1816 I. 248 She added, that the count had written all that was wanting for her.
3. a. That lacks, or is without, something. Usu. with a defining prepositional phrase: see b, c, d.
1611Bible Dan. v. 27 Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting. 1849Macaulay Hist. Eng. ix. II. 453 His rectitude and piety, tried by strong temptations and never found wanting.
†b. const. of. Obs.
1592Shakes. Rom. & Jul. ii. ii. 78 My life were better ended by their hate, Then death proroged wanting of thy Loue. 1654–66Earl of Orrery Parthen. (1676) 788, I give those Kingdoms to you and your Heirs for ever..and wanting of Heirs, to revert unto my Successors again. 1709Mrs. Manley Secret Mem. I. 2 Her Limbs enervated and supine, wanting of that Energy that should bear her [etc.]. 1721Bradley Philos. Acc. Wks. Nat. 23 It is wanting of Leaves.
c. const. in.
1697Dryden Virg. Past. Ded. to Ld. Clifford, Though England is not wanting in a Learned Nobility. 1724Pope Let. 1 Aug. in 10th Rep. Hist. MSS. Comm. App. i. 153 And hope..he will not be found wanting in the knowledge of his profession. 1869H. F. Tozer Highl. Turkey II. 257 No one..would suspect them of being wanting in fun. 1896Law Times C. 393/1 The Doctor's reply to Junius was not wanting in incisiveness.
d. const. for. rare.
1874G. W. Dasent Half a Life I. 115 As I was wanting for a nickname,..I was called ‘the Companion of the Bath’.
†4. That is short of (a certain age). Obs.
1709Mrs. Manley Secret Mem. (1736) I. 189, I was then wanting of Fourteen.
†5. With inf. Slow or backward to (do something). Obs.
1691d'Emiliane's Frauds Rom. Monks (ed. 3) 286 The Monk was extraordinarily applauded for this his curious Thought, and he was not wanting to make good use of it. 1738Wesley's Hymns, ‘When to the Temple’ ii, Should we be wanting to rejoice Thro' Deadness or Delays The Stones themselves would find a Voice To celebrate his Praise. 1755N. Magens Insurances II. 119 All those that are wanting to do their Duty in this Respect, shall be obliged to make Satisfaction.
6. Mentally defective, weak-minded. dial. or colloq.
1839Dickens Nich. Nick. xxxiv. 331 ‘He was a little wanting here,’ touching his forehead. 1877Holderness Gloss. s.v., You moant tak nooatis o' what he says; he's a bit wantin. 1911Times 12 July 11/3 Making him seem to be what village-people call ‘wanting’. 1924J. Buchan Three Hostages vi. 85 Had something given in my brain last night..so that now I was what people call ‘wanting’? 1976‘J. Bell’ Trouble in Hunter Ward xvii. 180 Maisie, poor mite, wanting from birth, she was.
II. As ppl. a. (in attrib. use).
7. Absent, lacking, missing.
1573Aldeburgh Rec. in N. & Q. 12th Ser. VII. 226/2 To Jeaffrye Freman for a wanton [sic] Box that barker loste, xiid. 1683Moxon Mech. Exerc., Printing xxv. ⁋5 He Sets out..a Quire..to make good the wanting Sheets. a1700Evelyn Diary 16 Sept. 1685, Then they spake of the boy who was pretended to have a wanting leg restor'd him. 1851Sylvester in Lond. etc. Phil. Mag. Sept. 229 It is difficult to see how the wanting factor escapes detection. 1854H. Miller Sch. & Schm. 302 Many a wanting feature had to be supplied. 1915Blackw. Mag. Aug. 232/1 By no searching in his girdle..could he produce the wanting money.
8. Deficient, lacking (in something expressed or implied by the context); esp. lacking in money or necessaries of life, needy, necessitous. Also absol. Now rare or Obs.
a1616Beaum. & Fl. Wit without Money ii. iv, I have not seene a Gentleman so backward, a wanting Gentleman. 1657S. Purchas Pol. Flying-Ins. 338 Bees though..they have sufficiently stored and replenished their hives..; yet will they not give over working; nay some, not leave robbing and that from the weaker and wanting hives. 1683Moxon Mech. Exerc., Printing xxiv. ⁋10 He thrusts the Wooll from the bunching-out side, towards the wanting side. 1685Sir W. Petty Will in Trans. R. Ir. Acad. XXIV. iii. 114, I give twenty pounds to the most wanting of the parish wherein I dye. 1727Swift Let. to Mrs. Howard 9 July, Thus wanting people are like drowning people, who lay hold of every reed or bulrush in their way. 1747Will in J. O. Payne Rec. Engl. Catholics (1889) 23 {pstlg}50 to the two bishops..to give to the most pious and wanting of their clergy to pray for me.
Hence ˈwantingly adv., ˈwantingness.
1643Herle Answ. Ferne 14 The maine ends..are..supply of wantingnesse, allay of wilfulnesse. 1865J. Grote Mor. Ideals ii. (1876) 24 The wantingness which is the call to action. 1894‘Eha’ Naturalist on Prowl 54 Gaunt frames of..cows and calves with..lustrous eyes staring wantingly. |