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Lust

Lŭst, n.

noun

n. [A-S. lust, lyst, O. Sax., D., Ger., & Sw. lust, Dan. & Icel. lyst, Goth. lustus, from Icel. liösta, to strike, beat; Goth. liustan.] 1. Vigor; active power. [Obs.] Trees will grow greater if you put salt, or blood, or lees of wine to the roots: the cause may be, the increasing the lust or spirit of the root. Bacon.

  1. Inclination; willingness; desire. [Obs.]
  2. Longing desire; eagerness to possess or enjoy; as, the lust of gain. “The lust of reigning.” Milton.

My lust shall be satisfied upon them. Ex. xv. 9. 4. Carnal appetite; unlawful desire of carnal pleasure; concupiscence. Rom. i. 27. 2 Pet. ii. 10.

Lust, v. i.

verbintransitive

v. i. [imp. & p. p. LUSTED; p. pr. & vb. n. LUSTING.] [A-S. lystan, lustan, O. Sax. lustean, lustian, O. H. Ger. lustan, M. H. Ger. lusten, lüsten, N. H. Ger. lüsten, D. lusten, Icel. & Sw. lysta, Dan. lyste. See supra, and cf. LIST, v. i.]

Sense 1. To list; to like. [Obs.] “But all had leave that lust.” Spenser. “Do so if thou lust.” Latimer.

Sense 2. To desire eagerly; to long;—with after. Thou mayst kill and eat flesh in all thy gates, whatsoever thy soul lusteth after. Deut. xii. 15.

Sense 3. To have carnal desire; to desire eagerly the gratification of carnal appetite;—with after. Whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her, hath committed adultery with her already in his heart. Matt. v. 28.

Sense 4. To have irregular or inordinate desires. The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy. James iv. 5. We should not lust after evil things, as they also lusted. 1 Cor. x. 6.