Definition of desire

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Desire (v. t.) Grief; regret.

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Device :: Device (n.) An emblematic design, generally consisting of one or more figures with a motto, used apart from heraldic bearings to denote the historical situation, the ambition, or the desire of the person adopting it. See Cognizance..
Wish :: Wish (n.) A thing desired; an object of desire.
Poverty :: Poverty (n.) Any deficiency of elements or resources that are needed or desired, or that constitute richness; as, poverty of soil; poverty of the blood; poverty of ideas..
Desire :: Desire (v. t.) Excessive or morbid longing; lust; appetite.
Conservative :: Conservative (n.) One who desires to maintain existing institutions and customs; also, one who holds moderate opinions in politics; -- opposed to revolutionary or radical..
Insatiable :: Insatiable (a.) Not satiable; incapable of being satisfied or appeased; very greedy; as, an insatiable appetite, thirst, or desire..
Machinery :: Machinery (n.) The means and appliances by which anything is kept in action or a desired result is obtained; a complex system of parts adapted to a purpose.
Entice :: Entice (v. t.) To draw on, by exciting hope or desire; to allure; to attract; as, the bait enticed the fishes. Often in a bad sense: To lead astray; to induce to evil; to tempt; as, the sirens enticed them to listen..
Temper :: Temper (v. i.) To have or get a proper or desired state or quality; to grow soft and pliable.
Enough :: Enough (a.) Satisfying desire; giving content; adequate to meet the want; sufficient; -- usually, and more elegantly, following the noun to which it belongs..
Wish :: Wish (v. t.) To desire; to long for; to hanker after; to have a mind or disposition toward.
Gasp :: Gasp (v. i.) To pant with eagerness; to show vehement desire.
Itch :: Itch (n.) A constant irritating desire.
Self-annihilation :: Self-annihilation (n.) Annihilation by one's own acts; annihilation of one's desires.
Continency :: Continency (n.) The restraint which a person imposes upon his desires and passions; the act or power of refraining from indulgence of the sexual appetite, esp. from unlawful indulgence; sometimes, moderation in sexual indulgence..
Bent :: Bent (a. & p. p.) Strongly inclined toward something, so as to be resolved, determined, set, etc.; -- said of the mind, character, disposition, desires, etc., and used with on; as, to be bent on going to college; he is bent on mischief..
Inefficiency :: Inefficiency (n.) The quality of being inefficient; want of power or energy sufficient; want of power or energy sufficient for the desired effect; inefficacy; incapacity; as, he was discharged from his position for inefficiency..
Necessary :: Necessary (a.) Impossible to be otherwise, or to be dispensed with, without preventing the attainment of a desired result; indispensable; requiste; essential..
Aphrodisiacal :: Aphrodisiacal (a.) Exciting venereal desire; provocative to venery.
Bull :: Bull (v. i.) To be in heat; to manifest sexual desire as cows do.
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