Desiderate
//dɪˈsɪdəɹeɪt// adj, verb
adj, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 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 […]"
Adjective
- 1 desired, wished or longed for
"O Friend of God, know then that London is the desiderate town even of all Earth's cities."
Example
More examples"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
From Latin, from the participle stem of the verb dēsīderāre (“to desire”).
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