desiderate
Americanverb (used with object)
verb
Other Word Forms
Etymology
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
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
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
Mind in itself is also intelligible; a pleasure is as intelligible as would be any transmutation of it into the inscrutable essence that people often desiderate.
From Practical Essays by Bain, Alexander
That the oneness requires425 proof is prima facie evidence that it is a value, a desiderate, not an existence.
From Creative Intelligence Essays in the Pragmatic Attitude by Bode, Boyd H.
Far be it from the present writer to regret or desiderate the adorably candid creature who so soon smirches her whiteness.
From A History of the French Novel, Vol. 2 To the Close of the 19th Century by Saintsbury, George
Pray, pray, don't think of answering this; it is merely to correct an unfavourable impression in one whose favourable opinion I much desiderate.
From Reminiscences of Scottish Life and Character by Ramsay, Edward Bannerman
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
