desiderate

  • 21Requirement — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Requirement >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 requirement requirement need wants necessities Sgm: N 1 necessaries necessaries necessaries of life Sgm: N 1 stress stress exigency pinch sine qua non …

    English dictionary for students

  • 22Desire — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Desire >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 desire desire wish fancy fantasy Sgm: N 1 want want need exigency GRP: N 2 Sgm: N 2 mind mind inclination leaning …

    English dictionary for students

  • 23de|sir´er — de|sire «dih ZYR», noun, verb, sired, sir|ing. –n. 1. a wanting or longing; strong wish: »His desire is to travel. His predominant passion was desire of money (Samuel Johnson). 2. a wish expressed in words; request: »I sent you, at your desire,… …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 24de|sire — «dih ZYR», noun, verb, sired, sir|ing. –n. 1. a wanting or longing; strong wish: »His desire is to travel. His predominant passion was desire of money (Samuel Johnson). 2. a wish expressed in words; request: »I sent you, at your desire, the… …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 25Desiderata — Desideratum De*sid e*ra tum, n.; pl. {Desiderata}. [L., fr. desideratus, p. p. See {Desiderate}.] Anything desired; that of which the lack is felt; a want generally felt and acknowledge …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 26Desideratum — De*sid e*ra tum, n.; pl. {Desiderata}. [L., fr. desideratus, p. p. See {Desiderate}.] Anything desired; that of which the lack is felt; a want generally felt and acknowledge …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 27Desire — De*sire , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Desired}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Desiring}.] [F. d[ e]sirer, L. desiderare, origin uncertain, perh. fr. de + sidus star, constellation, and hence orig., to turn the eyes from the stars. Cf. {Consider}, and {Desiderate},… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 28Desired — Desire De*sire , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Desired}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Desiring}.] [F. d[ e]sirer, L. desiderare, origin uncertain, perh. fr. de + sidus star, constellation, and hence orig., to turn the eyes from the stars. Cf. {Consider}, and… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 29Desiring — Desire De*sire , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Desired}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Desiring}.] [F. d[ e]sirer, L. desiderare, origin uncertain, perh. fr. de + sidus star, constellation, and hence orig., to turn the eyes from the stars. Cf. {Consider}, and… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 30desideration — noun see desiderate …

    New Collegiate Dictionary