1. To list; to like. " Do so if thou lust. "
In earlier
usage lust was impersonal. "In the
water vessel he it
cast When that
him luste." (Chaucer)
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." (Deut. Xii. 15) "Whosoever looketh on a
woman to
lust after her, hath committed
adultery with her already in
his heart." (Matt. V. 28) "The
spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy." (James iv. 5)
Origin: AS. Lystan. See Lust, and cf. List to choose.
Source: Websters Vocabulary