ppl. a. [The phrase a wanting (see A prep.1 12, 13) erroneously taken as a single word, as if from a vb. to awant. Chiefly in Scotch writers; cf. amissing.] Wanting.
1661. Burney, Κέρδ. Δῶρον, 105. To acquaint me with what passes, or is awanting in the Nations.
1747. T. Story, Jrnl. Life, 78. Mutual Love and Esteem was not a-wanting.
1857. H. Miller, Test. Rocks, ii. 94. The upper side of the skull is often awanting.
1877. H. Page, De Quincey, II. xvi. 24. A Greek quotation with an accent misplaced or awanting.
