Definition of desire

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Desire (v. t.) Excessive or morbid longing; lust; appetite.

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Desire :: Desire (v. t.) To require; to demand; to claim.
Mania :: Mania (n.) Excessive or unreasonable desire; insane passion affecting one or many people; as, the tulip mania..
Love :: Love (n.) Affection; kind feeling; friendship; strong liking or desire; fondness; good will; -- opposed to hate; often with of and an object.
Wilne :: Wilne (v. t.) To wish; to desire.
Sway :: Sway (n.) Influence, weight, or authority that inclines to one side; as, the sway of desires..
Satiate :: Satiate (v. t.) To satisfy the appetite or desire of; to feed to the full; to furnish enjoyment to, to the extent of desire; to sate; as, to satiate appetite or sense..
Desire :: Desire (v. t.) An expressed wish; a request; petition.
Water Bath :: Water bath () A device for regulating the temperature of anything subjected to heat, by surrounding the vessel containing it with another vessel containing water which can be kept at a desired temperature; also, a vessel designed for this purpose..
Mortify :: Mortify (v. i.) To practice penance from religious motives; to deaden desires by religious discipline.
Eagerness :: Eagerness (n.) The state or quality of being eager; ardent desire.
Aphrodisiacal :: Aphrodisiacal (a.) Exciting venereal desire; provocative to venery.
Grudge :: Grudge (v. t.) To look upon with desire to possess or to appropriate; to envy (one) the possession of; to begrudge; to covet; to give with reluctance; to desire to get back again; -- followed by the direct object only, or by both the direct and indirect objects..
Want :: Want (v. t.) To feel need of; to wish or long for; to desire; to crave.
Gape :: Gape (v. i.) Expressing a desire for food; as, young birds gape..
Art :: Art (n.) A system of rules serving to facilitate the performance of certain actions; a system of principles and rules for attaining a desired end; method of doing well some special work; -- often contradistinguished from science or speculative principles; as, the art of building or engraving; the art of war; the art of navigation..
Acquisitiveness :: Acquisitiveness (n.) The quality of being acquisitive; propensity to acquire property; desire of possession.
Inclined :: Inclined (p. p. & a.) Having a leaning or tendency towards, or away from, a thing; disposed or moved by wish, desire, or judgment; as, a man inclined to virtue..
Velleity :: Velleity (n.) The lowest degree of desire; imperfect or incomplete volition.
Personal :: Personal (a.) Of or pertaining to a particular person; relating to, or affecting, an individual, or each of many individuals; peculiar or proper to private concerns; not public or general; as, personal comfort; personal desire..
Courage :: Courage (n.) Heart; inclination; desire; will.
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