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Definition of: lack
(lak) v.t.
1. To be without; have none or too little of.
2. To be short by; require: It lacks two months till summer.
—v.i.
3. To be wanting or deficient; be missing.
—noun
1. The state of being needy.
2. Want; deficiency; failure. [ME lac, prob. <MLG lak deficiency]
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