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verb

Desire v. t. (past & past part. desired; pres. part. desiring)

To long for; to wish for earnestly; to covet. "Neither shall any man desire thy land." "Ye desire your child to live."

To express a wish for; to entreat; to request. "Then she said, Did I desire a son of my lord?" "Desire him to go in; trouble him no more."

To require; to demand; to claim. (Obs.) "A doleful case desires a doleful song."

To miss; to regret. (Obs.) "She shall be pleasant while she lives, and desired when she dies."

Synonyms: To long for; hanker after; covet; wish; ask; request; solicit; entreat; beg. To Desire, Wish. In desire the feeling is usually more eager than in wish. "I wish you to do this" is a milder form of command than "I desire you to do this," though the feeling prompting the injunction may be the same.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... been known to men, (The ghost at last confessed) The world had then a stranger been To all that heaven possessed. But could it all be here acquired, Not heaven itself would be desired. ...

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... these, like Rudra slaying creatures (at the end of the Yuga)." Hearing these words, the invincible Krishna smiled, and gladdening him with auspicious speeches, conveyed Arjuna to those places whither the latter desired to go. While borne in battle by those white steeds, that car looked exceedingly resplendent like a celestial car borne along the firmament. And like Sakra's car, O king, in the battle between the gods and the Asuras in days of old, ...

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