desiderate
Americanverb (used with object)
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Origin of desiderate
1635–45; < Latin dēsīderātus (past participle of dēsīderāre to long for, require), equivalent to dē- de- + sīder- (stem of sīdus ) heavenly body, constellation + -ātus -ate 1
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One can only query whether poetry has anything to do with “modern development,” and desiderate the addition to “sentiment” of “art.”
From Matthew Arnold by Saintsbury, George
O Friend of God, know then that London is the desiderate town even of all Earth's cities.
From Tales of Wonder by Dunsany, Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett, Baron
It seemed also, owing to its height, to desiderate wings, but there were none.
From Ghost Stories of an Antiquary Part 2: More Ghost Stories by James, M. R. (Montague Rhodes)
Not being an American, the author may use novel words without the fear of being called provincial; so that understandable, evidentiary, desiderate, leisured, and inamoveability stalk at large within his pages.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 86, December, 1864 by Various
Let those who deny that Secular Truth meets the emotional part of their nature, settle what is the nature of the emotions they desiderate.
From The Principles Of Secularism by Holyoake, George Jacob
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