"vant" meaning in English

See vant in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: vants [present, singular, third-person], vanting [participle, present], vanted [participle, past], vanted [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} vant (third-person singular simple present vants, present participle vanting, simple past and past participle vanted)
  1. Pronunciation spelling of want. Tags: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling Alternative form of: want Related terms: vant-courier
    Sense id: en-vant-en-verb-MRPQGt53 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English pronunciation spellings

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for vant meaning in English (1.7kB)

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