Lust v. i. [imp. & p. p. Lusted; p. pr. & vb. n. Lusting.]
1. To list; to like. [Obs.] --Chaucer. “ Do so if thou lust. ”
Note: ☞ In earlier usage lust was impersonal.
In the water vessel he it cast
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.
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