From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lust
n 1: a strong sexual desire [syn: lecherousness, lust,
lustfulness]
2: self-indulgent sexual desire (personified as one of the
deadly sins) [syn: lust, luxuria]
v 1: have a craving, appetite, or great desire for [syn:
crave, hunger, thirst, starve, lust]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Lust \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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
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.
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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