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Desiderate

//dɪˈsɪdəɹeɪt// adj, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    desired, wished or longed for

    "O Friend of God, know then that London is the desiderate town even of all Earth's cities."

Verb
  1. 1
    To miss; to feel the absence of; to long for. transitive

    "Between our human nature and the nature they desiderate there is a deep and fordless river, over which they can throw no bridge, and all their talk supposes that we shall be able to fly or wade across it […]"

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Latin, from the participle stem of the verb dēsīderāre (“to desire”).

Etymology 2

From Latin, from the participle stem of the verb dēsīderāre (“to desire”).

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