LUST
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Lust (?), n. [AS. lust, lust, pleasure, longing; akin to OS., D., G., & Sw. lust, Dan. & Icel. lyst, Goth lustus, and perh. tom Skr. lush to desire, or to E. loose. Cf. List to please, Listless.] 1. Pleasure. [Obs.] “ Lust and jollity.” Chaucer.
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2. Inclination; desire. [Obs.]
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For little lust had she to talk of aught.
Spenser.
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My lust to devotion is little.
Bp. Hall.
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3. Longing desire; eagerness to possess or enjoy; -- in a had sense; as, the lust of gain.
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The lust of reigning.
Milton.
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4. Licentious craving; a strong sexual appetite. Milton.
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5. Hence: Virility; vigor; active power. [Obs.] Bacon.
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Lust (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Lusted; p. pr. & vb. n. Lusting.] [AS. lystan. See Lust, n., and cf. List to choose.] 1. To list; to like. [Obs.] Chaucer. “ Do so if thou lust. ” Latimer.
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&hand_; In earlier usage lust was impersonal.
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When that him luste.
Chaucer.
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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.
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Whatsoever thy soul lusteth after.
Deut. xii. 15.
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Whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her, hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.
Matt. v. 28.
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The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy.
James iv. 5.
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