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lack verb. [lak] ME.
[Rel. to LACK noun1. Cf. Middle Dutch laken be wanting, blame, Old Danish lakke deprecate.]
I.
verb intrans. Be wanting or missing; be deficient in quantity or degree. ME.
Bible (AV): Genesis 18:28 Peraduenture there shall lacke fiue of the fiftie righteous. BMX Action Another part that usually lacks on..bikes is the stem..that won't hold bars.
verb trans.
a. Be without; have too little of; be destitute of or deficient in, need. ME.
I. McEwan He lacked the concentration for sustained thought. M. Piercy If they will let me have the two hundred I still lack.
b. With cannot: do or go without. M-L16.
c. Perceive the absence of; miss. rare (Shakes.). Only in E17.
verb intrans. Want for something; be in need (of). E16.
Bible (AV): Proverbs 28:27 He that giveth vnto the poore, shall not lacke.
II.
verb trans. Find fault with, abuse, blame, reproach. In weaker sense: deprecate, disparage. Scot. & north. ME-M19.
to lack to blame, blameworthy.
Comb.: lackland adjective & noun (designating) a person owning no land or ruling no territory (orig. with cap. initial, as a designation of John, King of England 1199-1216); lack-Latin adjective & noun (arch.) (a person) knowing little or no Latin (chiefly in Sir John Lack-Latin, a name for an ignorant priest); lackwit a stupid person.