desire
verb (used with object)
desirer
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a word derived from
desire.
Example Sentences
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He whose arms are full of bones, sinews and flesh, is a great desirer of novelties and beauties, and one that is very credulous and apt to believe anything.
The object, no doubt, laisse à desirer; but where is another?
From The Book-Collector A General Survey of the Pursuit and of those who have engaged in it at Home and Abroad from the Earliest Period to the Present Time by William Carew Hazlitt
He is often a desirer of learning, which once arrived at, proves his strongest armour.
From Character Writings of the 17th Century by Various
The law operates to bring together the desirer and the object that aroused the desire.
From Elementary Theosophy by L. W. (Louis William) Rogers
The fullest information on this subject is to be found in a work by T. Baptiste, 'Hiéroglyphes de la conversion, où par des estampes et des figures on apprend aux naturels à desirer le ciel.'
From Chips From A German Workshop - Volume I Essays on the Science of Religion by F. Max (Friedrich Max) Müller
