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Wanted   /wˈɑntəd/  /wˈɔntɪd/  /wˈɔnɪd/   Listen
Wanted

adjective
1.
Desired or wished for or sought.  "A wanted criminal" , "A wanted poster"  Antonym: unwanted.
2.
Characterized by feeling or showing fond affection for.  Synonyms: cherished, precious, treasured.  "Children are precious" , "A treasured heirloom" , "So good to feel wanted"


Want

verb
(past & past part. wanted; pres. part. wanting)
1.
Feel or have a desire for; want strongly.  Synonym: desire.  "I want my own room"
2.
Have need of.  Synonyms: need, require.
3.
Hunt or look for; want for a particular reason.  "Uncle Sam wants you"
4.
Wish or demand the presence of.
5.
Be without, lack; be deficient in.  "Want the strength to go on living" , "Flood victims wanting food and shelter"



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"Wanted" Quotes from Famous Books



... to lend the sum wanted, and, as he had an errand in town, he took Mr. Hardwick with him ...
— Atlantic Monthly, Volume 2, Issue 10, August, 1858 • Various
... him and I want to thank you for it. My son has made his way alone these two years. I threw him out to support himself. When I casually mentioned yesterday that times were very hard in the business just now, he wanted to put five hundred dollars into it. I want you to know I'm proud of him. I hope you young gentlemen will feel free to stop and visit us when you come through our town. I must say, ...
— At Good Old Siwash • George Fitch
... wanted to tatch a whale, and this is a baby one, I fink. A boy said, when they wanted to die they comed on the sand and did it, and we saw this one go dead just now. Ain't he pretty?" asked Boo, displaying the immense ...
— Jack and Jill • Louisa May Alcott
... and treacle. Old Bottleblue buzzed for a bit, And a sniffy young Wiscount in barnacles landed wot 'e thought a 'it; Said old Gladstone wos like Simpson's weapon, a bit of a hass and all jor, When a noisy young Rad in a wideawake wanted to give him ...
— Musa Pedestris - Three Centuries of Canting Songs - and Slang Rhymes [1536 - 1896] • John S. Farmer
... counted there—who managed to make himself acquainted with us, although we lived so privately. To me it was a marvel, both why and how he did it; seeing what little we had to offer, and how much we desired to live alone. But Mrs. Pring told me to look in the glass, if I wanted to know the reason; and while I was blushing with anger at that, being only just turned eighteen years, and thinking of nobody but my father, she asked if I had never heard the famous rhymes made by the wise ...
— Slain By The Doones • R. D. Blackmore


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