lack

LACK, verb transitive [Latin deliquium, which seems to be connected with linquo, to leave, to faint, and with liquo, to melt, liquid, etc.] 1. To want; to be destitute of; not to have or possess. If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask it of God - James 1:5. 2. To blame. [Not in use.] LACK, verb intransitive 1. To be in want. The young lions do lack and suffer hunger. Psalms 34:10. 2. To be wanting. Perhaps there shall lack five of the fifty righteous. Genesis 18:28. LACK, noun Want; destitution; need; failure. He that gathered little, had no lack Exodus 14:1. LACK of rupees is one hundred thousand rupees, which at 55 cents each, amount to fifty five thousand dollars, or at 2 Samuel 6:1d. sterling, to 12, 500 pounds.