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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We desiderate in all things the sharp decidedness of the verdict of a jury—Guilty or Not Guilty.
From The Recreations of a Country Parson by Boyd, Andrew Kennedy Hutchison
Archimedes might desiderate a place to stand on before he could bring his lever into play; I would move the world, self-poised.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 55, May, 1862 by Various
It is the authoritative sentence of the Church then on this difficult subject that we desiderate.
From The Causes of the Corruption of the Traditional Text of the Holy Gospels Being the Sequel to The Traditional Text of the Holy Gospels by Miller, Edward
The passion we desiderate for the present-day pulpit includes something almost infinitely higher than this.
From The Message and the Man: Some Essentials of Effective Preaching by Jackson, J. Dodd (James Dodd)
Certainly, with such a central board in existence as that which we desiderate, no such type of schoolmaster would continue to hold office in a national seminary.
From Leading Articles on Various Subjects by Davidson, John
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