Desiderate

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Desiderate \De*sid"er*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Desiderated};
     p. pr. & vb. n. {Desiderating}.] [L. desideratus, p. p. of
     desiderare to desire, miss. See {Desire}, and cf.
     {Desideratum}.]
     To desire; to feel the want of; to lack; to miss; to want.
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           Pray have the goodness to point out one word missing
           that ought to have been there -- please to insert a
           desiderated stanza. You can not.         --Prof.
                                                    Wilson.
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           Men were beginning . . . to desiderate for them an
           actual abode of fire.                    --A. W. Ward.
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