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Lust   /ləst/   Listen
noun
Lust  n.  
1.
Pleasure. (Obs.) " Lust and jollity."
2.
Inclination; desire. (Obs.) "For little lust had she to talk of aught." "My lust to devotion is little."
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. (Obs.)


verb
Lust  v. i.  (past & past part. lusted; pres. part. lusting)  
1.
To list; to like. (Obs.) " Do so if thou lust. " Note: In earlier usage lust was impersonal. "In the water vessel he it cast When that him luste."
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." "Whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her, hath committed adultery with her already in his heart." "The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy."





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"Lust" Quotes from Famous Books



... the fruit of their lives, Themselves and their fortunes, till nothing survives To prove to the world that they ever were free;— Their souls and their bodies they offer to thee. And thou! how unworthy thou art of their trust! Thou givest them nought but a damnable lust Of silly, deceitful, contemptible show— A lust that is stronger as older they grow. For this they surrender their faith and their truth, The artless, ingenuous goodness of youth, The strength that belongs to maturity's years: Exchanging their ...
— The Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No. 1, July, 1863 - Devoted to Literature and National Policy • Various
... that a golden crown, Or the lust of a name can lure? You had better wed with a country clown, And keep your young ...
— Songs from Vagabondia • Bliss Carman and Richard Hovey
... feeling, possessed yet the interest of sorcery or of fascination, which rivets the attention by its awakening horrors. Much was told of the strange and horrible acts of blood by which men, setting nature and humanity alike at defiance, had, for the thirst of revenge, the lust of gold, or the cravings of irregular ambition, broken into the tabernacle of life. Yet more surprising and mysterious tales were recounted of the mode in which such deeds of blood had come to be discovered ...
— The Fortunes of Nigel • Sir Walter Scott
... that we shall never see Our country slave to lust and greed; God grant that here all men shall be United by a common creed. Here Freedom's Flag has held the sky Unstained, untarnished from its birth; Long may it wave to typify The happiest ...
— The Path to Home • Edgar A. Guest
... doctrine of evolution implies a former state of innocence of mankind is quite true; but, as I have remarked, it is the innocence of the ape and of the tiger, whose acts, however they may run counter to the principles of morality, it would be absurd to blame. The lust of the one and the ferocity of the other are as much provided for in their organisation, are as clear evidences of design, as any other features that can ...
— Collected Essays, Volume V - Science and Christian Tradition: Essays • T. H. Huxley


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