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lacked
simple past tense and past participle of lack
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Source: Wiktionary
Lack, n. Etym: [OE. lak; cf. D. lak slander, laken to blame, OHG. lahan, AS. leán.]
1. Blame; cause of blame; fault; crime; offense. [Obs.] Chaucer.
2. Deficiency; want; need; destitution; failure; as, a lack of sufficient food. She swooneth now and now for lakke of blood. Chaucer. Let his lack of years be no impediment. Shak.
Lack, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Lacked; p. pr. & vb. n. Lacking.]
1. To blame; to find fault with. [Obs.] Love them and lakke them not. Piers Plowman.
2. To be without or destitute of; to want; to need. If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God. James i. 5.
Lack, v. i.
1. To be wanting; often, impersonally, with of, meaning, to be less than, short, not quite, etc. What hour now I think it lacks of twelve. Shak. Peradventure there shall lack five of the fifty. Gen. xvii. 28.
2. To be in want. The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger. Ps. xxxiv. 10.
Lack, interj. Etym: [Cf. Alack.]
Definition: Exclamation of regret or surprise. [Prov. Eng.] Cowper.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
24 December 2024
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Coffee is among the most consumed beverages worldwide. According to Statista, an average person consumes roughly 42.6 liters of coffee per year.