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desiderate
[ dih-sid-uh-reyt ]
verb (used with object)
- to wish or long for.
desiderate
/ ɪˈɪəˌɪ /
verb
- tr to feel the lack of or need for; long for; miss
Derived Forms
- ˌˈپDz, noun
Other yvlog Forms
- ·e·tDz noun
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of desiderate1
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of desiderate1
Example Sentences
The opposition of the popes to the divorces of princes has been often since renewed, but this is the first example: we have seen Charlemagne repudiate Imiltrade, as also Ermengarde or Desiderate, without any opposition on the part of the Roman pontiff; but he was Charlemagne, and his great-grandson neither inherited his genius nor his power.
He will desiderate greater variety of testimony,—the utmost variety which is attainable.
Then, last of all, I desiderate urbanity.
And tenderness, too—but does that appear a mawkish thing to desiderate in life?
By Liberal Catholics may be understood those who desiderate freedom not only for but in the Church, and would subject all arbitrary power of Church as well as State in matters of religion to law and tradition; but that is the end they aim at, not their fundamental principle.
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