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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