Definition of desire

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Desire (v. t.) To require; to demand; to claim.

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Greedy :: Greedy (superl.) Having a keen desire for anything; vehemently desirous; eager to obtain; avaricious; as, greedy of gain..
Aphrodisiacal :: Aphrodisiacal (a.) Exciting venereal desire; provocative to venery.
Thermostat :: Thermostat (n.) A self-acting apparatus for regulating temperature by the unequal expansion of different metals, liquids, or gases by heat, as in opening or closing the damper of a stove, or the like, as the heat becomes greater or less than is desired..
Aspiration :: Aspiration (n.) The act of aspiring of a ardently desiring; strong wish; high desire.
Desiderative :: Desiderative (a.) Denoting desire; as, desiderative verbs..
Curiosity :: Curiosity (n.) Disposition to inquire, investigate, or seek after knowledge; a desire to gratify the mind with new information or objects of interest; inquisitiveness..
Oestrus :: Oestrus (n.) A vehement desire; esp. (Physiol.), the periodical sexual impulse of animals; heat; rut..
Nymphomania :: Nymphomania (n.) Morbid and uncontrollable sexual desire in women, constituting a true disease..
Amativeness :: Amativeness (n.) The faculty supposed to influence sexual desire; propensity to love.
Satiety :: Satiety (n.) The state of being satiated or glutted; fullness of gratification, either of the appetite or of any sensual desire; fullness beyond desire; an excess of gratification which excites wearisomeness or loathing; repletion; satiation..
Faucet :: Faucet (n.) A fixture for drawing a liquid, as water, molasses, oil, etc., from a pipe, cask, or other vessel, in such quantities as may be desired; -- called also tap, and cock. It consists of a tubular spout, stopped with a movable plug, spigot, valve, or slide..
Signify :: Signify (n.) To show by a sign; to communicate by any conventional token, as words, gestures, signals, or the like; to announce; to make known; to declare; to express; as, a signified his desire to be present..
Choose :: Choose (v. t.) To wish; to desire; to prefer.
Optative :: Optative (a.) Expressing desire or wish.
Pine :: Pine (v. i.) To languish with desire; to waste away with longing for something; -- usually followed by for.
Glut :: Glut (v. t.) To fill to satiety; to satisfy fully the desire or craving of; to satiate; to sate; to cloy.
Glatified :: Glatified (a.) Pleased; indulged according to desire.
Bosom :: Bosom (n.) Inclination; desire.
Oestrual :: Oestrual (a.) Of or pertaining to sexual desire; -- mostly applied to brute animals; as, the oestrual period; oestrual influence..
Virulent :: Virulent (a.) Very bitter in enmity; actuated by a desire to injure; malignant; as, a virulent invective..
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