DESIRE
\dɪzˈa͡ɪ͡ə], \dɪzˈaɪə], \d_ɪ_z_ˈaɪə]\
Definitions of DESIRE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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an inclination to want things; "a man of many desires"
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the feeling that accompanies an unsatisfied state
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something that is desired
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express a desire for
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expect and wish; "I trust you will behave better from now on"; "I hope she understands that she cannot expect a raise"
By Princeton University
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an inclination to want things; "a man of many desires"
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the feeling that accompanies an unsatisfied state
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something that is desired
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express a desire for
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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To long for; to wish for earnestly; to covet.
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To express a wish for; to entreat; to request.
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To require; to demand; to claim.
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To miss; to regret.
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An expressed wish; a request; petition.
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Anything which is desired; an object of longing.
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Excessive or morbid longing; lust; appetite.
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Grief; regret.
By Oddity Software
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To long for; to wish for earnestly; to covet.
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To express a wish for; to entreat; to request.
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To require; to demand; to claim.
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To miss; to regret.
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An expressed wish; a request; petition.
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Anything which is desired; an object of longing.
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Excessive or morbid longing; lust; appetite.
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Grief; regret.
By Noah Webster.
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To wish earnestly for; crave; to express a wish for; ask.
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A longing for the possession of some object; an earnest wish; the object longed for.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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To long for the possession of: to wish for: to request, ask: (B.) to regret.
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An earnest longing for: eagerness to obtain: a prayer or request: the object desired: lust.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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To wish for; covet; crave; request.
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An earnest wishing for something; longing; craving; appetite; passion.
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A request; wish; prayer.
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An object desired.
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Desirability, desirableness.
By James Champlin Fernald
By Robley Dunglison
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Theodore Tilton
- American journalist, verse-writer, editor, lecturer; born in New York city, Oct. 2, 1835. was long known as editor on the Independent(1856-72). established Golden Age(newspaper), but retired from it after two years. 1883 went abroad, where remained. Besides numerous essays fugitive pieces, he has published: "The Sexton's Tale, and Other Poems"(1867); "Sanctum Sanctorum; or, An Editor's Proof Sheets"(1869); "Tempest-Tossed", a romance(1873); "Thou I"(1880); "Suabian Stories",(1882). Died 1907.