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Webster 1913 Edition
Lust
Lust
,Noun.
1.
Pleasure.
[Obs.]
“ Lust and jollity.” Chaucer.
2.
Inclination; desire.
[Obs.]
For little
lust
had she to talk of aught. Spenser.
My
lust
to devotion is little. Bp. Hall.
3.
Longing desire; eagerness to possess or enjoy; – in a had sense;
as, the
. lust
of gainThe
lust
of reigning. Milton.
4.
Licentious craving; a strong sexual appetite.
Milton.
5.
Hence: Virility; vigor; active power.
[Obs.]
Bacon.
Lust
,Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Lusted
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Lusting
.] 1.
To list; to like.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.
“ Do so if thou lust. ” Latimer.
☞ In earlier usage lust was impersonal.
In the water vessel he it cast
When that him
When that him
luste
. Chaucer.
2.
To have an eager, passionate, and especially an inordinate or sinful desire, as for the gratification of the sexual appetite or of covetousness; – often with
after
. Whatsoever thy soul
lusteth
after. Deut. xii. 15.
Whosoever looketh on a woman to
lust
after her, hath committed adultery with her already in his heart. Matt. v. 28.
The spirit that dwelleth in us
lusteth
to envy. James iv. 5.
Webster 1828 Edition
Lust
LUST
, n.1.
Longing desire; eagerness to possess or enjoy; as the lust of gain.My lust shall be satisfied upon them. Ex. 15.
2.
Concupiscence; carnal appetite; unlawful desire of carnal pleasure. Romans 1. 2Peter 2.3.
Evil propensity; depraved affections and desires. James 1. Ps. 81.4.
Vigor; active power. [Not used.]LUST
, v.i.1.
To desire eagerly; to long; with after.Thou mayest kill and eat flesh in all thy gates, whatsoever thy soul lusteth after. Deut. 12.
2.
To have carnal desire; to desire eagerly the gratification of carnal appetite.Lust not after her beauty in thy heart. Prov. 6.
Whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her,hath committed adultery with her already in his heart. Matt. 5.
3.
To have irregular or inordinate desires.The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy. James 4.
Lust not after evil things as they also lusted. 1Cor. 10.
4.
To list; to like.