Definition of desire

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Desire (v. t.) The natural longing that is excited by the enjoyment or the thought of any good, and impels to action or effort its continuance or possession; an eager wish to obtain or enjoy..

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Bull :: Bull (v. i.) To be in heat; to manifest sexual desire as cows do.
Quest :: Quest (n.) Request; desire; solicitation.
Chthonophagy :: Chthonophagy (n.) A disease characterized by an irresistible desire to eat earth, observed in some parts of the southern United States, the West Indies, etc..
Concupiscible :: Concupiscible (a.) Exciting desire, good or evil..
Temper :: Temper (v. i.) To have or get a proper or desired state or quality; to grow soft and pliable.
Listless :: Listless (a.) Having no desire or inclination; indifferent; heedless; spiritless.
Reclaim :: Reclaim (v. t.) Hence: To reduce to a desired state by discipline, labor, cultivation, or the like; to rescue from being wild, desert, waste, submerged, or the like; as, to reclaim wild land, overflowed land, etc..
Request :: Request (v. t.) To ask for (something); to express desire ffor; to solicit; as, to request his presence, or a favor..
Vote :: Vote (n.) An ardent wish or desire; a vow; a prayer.
Vanity :: Vanity (n.) An inflation of mind upon slight grounds; empty pride inspired by an overweening conceit of one's personal attainments or decorations; an excessive desire for notice or approval; pride; ostentation; conceit.
Pride :: Pride (n.) Consciousness of power; fullness of animal spirits; mettle; wantonness; hence, lust; sexual desire; esp., an excitement of sexual appetite in a female beast..
Glut :: Glut (v. t.) To fill to satiety; to satisfy fully the desire or craving of; to satiate; to sate; to cloy.
Indulge :: Indulge (v. t.) to yield to the desire of; to gratify by compliance; to humor; to withhold restraint from; as, to indulge children in their caprices or willfulness; to indulge one's self with a rest or in pleasure..
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..
Edge :: Edge (v. t.) Sharpness; readiness of fitness to cut; keenness; intenseness of desire.
Pine :: Pine (v. i.) To languish with desire; to waste away with longing for something; -- usually followed by for.
Dysentery :: Dysentery (n.) A disease attended with inflammation and ulceration of the colon and rectum, and characterized by griping pains, constant desire to evacuate the bowels, and the discharge of mucus and blood..
Please :: Please (v. t.) To have or take pleasure in; hence, to choose; to wish; to desire; to will..
Priapism :: Priapism (n.) More or less permanent erection and rigidity of the penis, with or without sexual desire..
Indulge :: Indulge (v. i.) To indulge one's self; to gratify one's tastes or desires; esp., to give one's self up (to); to practice a forbidden or questionable act without restraint; -- followed by in, but formerly, also, by to..
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