want+nourishment

  • 131to — I PREPOSITION AND ADVERB USES ♦ (Usually pronounced [[t]tə[/t]] before a consonant and [[t]tu[/t]] before a vowel, but pronounced [[t]tuː[/t]] when you are emphasizing it.) 1) PREP You use to when indicating the place that someone or something… …

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  • 132depauperata —   , depauperatum, depauperatus   L. depaupero, impoverish. Stunted as if for want of nourishment …

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