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Lust after   /ləst ˈæftər/   Listen
Lust after

verb
1.
Have a strong sexual desire for.  Synonym: lech after.





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"Lust after" Quotes from Famous Books



... looking for his other half. Men who are a section of that double nature which was once called Androgynous are lovers of women; adulterers are generally of this breed, and also adulterous women who lust after men: the women who are a section of the woman do not care for men, but have female attachments; the female companions are of this sort. But they who are a section of the male follow the male, and while they are young, being ...
— Symposium • Plato
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... Gospels concern themselves wholly to bring about purity in the relation of the sexes. "Ye have heard that it was said, Thou shalt not commit adultery; but I say unto you, that every one that looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart."[212] His commands on the subject of divorce are positive and unequivocal: "It was said also, Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorcement; but I say unto you, that every one that putteth ...
— A Short History of Women's Rights • Eugene A. Hecker
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... even on the little finger of a woman is as if he looked on her to lust after her. He should not give ear to a woman's voice, for the voice of a woman is lewdness. This sin is much discussed in the Zohar; it causes the husband to come to poverty, and deprives him and her sons of ...
— Hebraic Literature; Translations from the Talmud, Midrashim and - Kabbala • Various
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Words linked to "Lust after" :   lech after, want, desire


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