Is the verb want transitive or intransitive?

Answer 1

transitive verb

1. to have too little of; be deficient in; lack
2. to be short by (a specified amount): it wants twelve minutes of midnight
3. to feel the need of; long for; crave: to want adventure
4. to desire; wish or long: followed by the infinitive: to want to travel
5. 1. to wish to see or speak with (someone): wanted on the phone
   2. to wish to apprehend, as for questioning or arrest: wanted by the police
6. CHIEFLY BRIT. to require; need: this wants attending to

Origin: ME wanten < ON vanta, to be lacking, want: see wantthe

intransitive verb

1. to have a need or lack: usually with for: to want for money
2. to lack the necessities of life; be destitute or impoverished: "Waste not, want not"
3. RARE to be lacking or missing for completeness or a certain result: there wants but his approval