Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

wante

/wˈɑntə/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.41 in modern English

Syllables: wante
IPA: /wˈɑntə/

8

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Obsolete spelling of want.

Obsolete

verb

Obsolete spelling of want.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"But they still followed them by guess, hopeing to find their dwellings; but they soone lost both them & them selves, falling into shuch thickets as were ready to tear their cloaths & armore in peeces, but were most distressed for wante of drinke."
"I trow you must excomunicate me, or els you must goe without their companie, or we shall wante no quareling; but let them pass."
"We shall soner wante our Fathers and Senatours, then they their plebeian officers."

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

wantes (plural) wantes (present, singular) wanteth (present, singular) wanting (participle, present) wanted (participle, past) wanted (past)

Homonyms

wanta

Rhymes With

fanta wanta

Questions

How do you pronounce wante?: The recorded pronunciation is /wˈɑntə/.
What does wante mean?: Obsolete spelling of want.

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