Lust — Defs

01 n. Pleasure.

1.
Pleasure.[Obs.]
2.
Inclination; desire.[Obs.]
“For little lust had she to talk of aught.” — Spenser.

“My lust to devotion is little.” — Bp. Hall.
3.
Longing desire; eagerness to possess or enjoy; -- in a had sense; as, the lust of gain.
“The lust of reigning.” — Milton.
4.
Licentious craving; a strong sexual appetite.
5.
Hence: Virility; vigor; active power.[Obs.]

02 v. i. To list; to like.

imp. & p. p. Lusted; p. pr. & vb. n. Lusting

1.
To list; to like.[Obs.]
“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.