desiderate
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desiderate
- /dɪˈsɪdəɹeɪt/
Where it comes from
From Latin, from the participle stem of the verb dēsīderāre (“to desire”). The verb is a doublet of desire.
verb desiderates · desiderating · desiderated
- To miss; to feel the absence of; to long for. Between our human nature and the nature they desiderate there is a deep and fordless river, over which they can throw no bridge, and all their talk supposes that we shall be able to fly or wade across it […]
adjective more desiderate · most desiderate
- desired, wished or longed for O Friend of God, know then that London is the desiderate town even of all Earth's cities.
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title = {desiderate},
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