Desiring

/dɪˈzaɪ(ə)ɹɪŋ/ noun, verb

noun, verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

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Noun
  1. 1
    A yearning for; a want.

    "c. 1850-1869', Frederic Henry Hedge, "Easter Hymn" Hath the inhumated Upward aspiring, Hath he consummated All his desiring?"

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of desire form-of, gerund, participle, present

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"True happiness consists of desiring little."

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