Definition of desire

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Desire (v. t.) To long for; to wish for earnestly; to covet.

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Hate :: Hate (v.) Strong aversion coupled with desire that evil should befall the person toward whom the feeling is directed; as exercised toward things, intense dislike; hatred; detestation; -- opposed to love..
Smithing :: Smithing (n.) The act or art of working or forging metals, as iron, into any desired shape..
Wealth :: Wealth (n.) Large possessions; a comparative abundance of things which are objects of human desire; esp., abundance of worldly estate; affluence; opulence; riches..
Longly :: Longly (adv.) With longing desire.
Contain :: Contain (v. i.) To restrain desire; to live in continence or chastity.
Coquette :: Coquette (n.) A vain, trifling woman, who endeavors to attract admiration from a desire to gratify vanity; a flirt; -- formerly sometimes applied also to men..
Cacoethes :: Cacoethes (n.) A bad custom or habit; an insatiable desire; as, cacoethes scribendi, The itch for writing..
Choose :: Choose (v. t.) To wish; to desire; to prefer.
Compliance :: Compliance (n.) The act of complying; a yielding; as to a desire, demand, or proposal; concession; submission..
Rage :: Rage (n.) Violent excitement; eager passion; extreme vehemence of desire, emotion, or suffering, mastering the will..
Prosperity :: Prosperity (n.) The state of being prosperous; advance or gain in anything good or desirable; successful progress in any business or enterprise; attainment of the object desired; good fortune; success; as, commercial prosperity; national prosperity..
Inhiation :: Inhiation (n.) A gaping after; eager desire; craving.
Philanthropy :: Philanthropy (n.) Love to mankind; benevolence toward the whole human family; universal good will; desire and readiness to do good to all men; -- opposed to misanthropy.
Inefficacious :: Inefficacious (a.) Not efficacious; not having power to produce the effect desired; inadequate; incompetent; inefficient; impotent.
Amativeness :: Amativeness (n.) The faculty supposed to influence sexual desire; propensity to love.
Suffrago :: Suffragist (n.) One who has certain opinions or desires about the political right of suffrage; as, a woman suffragist..
Stag-evil :: Stage-struck (a.) Fascinated by the stage; seized by a passionate desire to become an actor.
Will :: Will (v.) That which is strongly wished or desired.
Enough :: Enough (a.) Satisfying desire; giving content; adequate to meet the want; sufficient; -- usually, and more elegantly, following the noun to which it belongs..
Hanker :: Hanker (v. i.) To linger in expectation or with desire.
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