Lust

Definition of Lust

n.	1.	Pleasure.
	2.	Inclination; desire. For little lust had she to talk of aught. - Spenser. My lust to devotion is little. - Bp. Hall.
	3.	Longing desire; eagerness to possess or enjoy; - in a had sense; as, the lust of gain. The lust of reigning.
	4.	Licentious craving; a strong sexual appetite.
	5.	Hence: Virility; vigor; active power.
v. i.	1.	To list; to like. [imp. & p. p. Lusted; p. pr. & vb. n. Lusting.] 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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