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1. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Lust \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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   Note: In earlier usage lust was impersonal.
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               In the water vessel he it cast
               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.
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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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