LACK, L. deliquium, which seems to be connected with linquo, to leave, to faint, and with liquo, to melt, liquid, &c.
1. To want to be destitute of not to have or possess.
If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask it of God - James 1 .
2. To blame. Not in use.
LACK,
1. To be in want.
The young lions do lack and suffer hunger. Psalms 34 .
2. To be wanting.
Perhaps there shall lack five of the fifty righteous.
LACK, n. Want destitution need failure.
He that gathered little, had no lack. Exodus 14 .
Lack of rupees is one hundred thousand rupees, which at 55 cents each, amount to fifty five thousand dollars, or at 2s. 6d. sterling, to 12,500 pounds.
The King James Bible has stood its ground for nearly 400 years. However, during that time the English language has changed, and with it the meanings of some words it used. Here are more than 6,500 words whose definitions have changed since 1611.Wikipedia
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