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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Thirst \Thirst\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Thirsted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Thirsting}.] [AS. [thorn]yrstan. See {Thirst}, n.]
      1. To feel thirst; to experience a painful or uneasy
            sensation of the throat or fauces, as for want of drink.
  
                     The people thirsted there for water.   --Ex. xvii. 3.
  
      2. To have a vehement desire.
  
                     My soul thirsteth for . . . the living God. --Ps.
                                                                              xlii. 2.
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