Desire

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·vt Grief; regret.

II. Desire ·vt An expressed wish; a request; petition.

III. Desire ·vt Excessive or morbid longing; lust; appetite.

IV. Desire ·vt Anything which is desired; an object of longing.

V. Desire ·vt To Miss; to Regret.

VI. Desire ·vt To long for; to wish for earnestly; to Covet.

VII. Desire ·vt To express a wish for; to Entreat; to Request.

VIII. Desire ·vt To Require; to Demand; to Claim.

IX. Desire ·vt 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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