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Meaning of wanten | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B1

Definitions

plural simple present of want

dialectal, form-of, obsolete, plural, present

Examples

“[…]Odsfleſh give me my awd Cloths againe; would I were a whome in my Frock, dreſſing of my Geldings; poore Tuts, they wanten me dearly, I warrant a.”
“Yo'd'n better nod get up o' that giglin stool, athout yo' wanten' yore bwunz broke.”
“We say'n beg when we wanten someb'dy to tak no notice of what we'n said.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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