Desired

2 definitions found

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

  Desire \De*sire"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Desired}; p. pr. & vb.
     n. {Desiring}.] [F. d['e]sirer, L. desiderare, origin
     uncertain, perh. fr. de- + sidus star, constellation, and
     hence orig., to turn the eyes from the stars. Cf. {Consider},
     and {Desiderate}, and see {Sidereal}.]
     1. To long for; to wish for earnestly; to covet.


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              Neither shall any man desire thy land. --Ex. xxxiv.
                                                    24.
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              Ye desire your child to live.         --Tennyson.
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     2. To express a wish for; to entreat; to request.
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              Then she said, Did I desire a son of my lord? --2
                                                    Kings iv. 28.
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              Desire him to go in; trouble him no more. --Shak.
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     3. To require; to demand; to claim. [Obs.]
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              A doleful case desires a doleful song. --Spenser.
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     4. To miss; to regret. [Obs.]
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              She shall be pleasant while she lives, and desired
              when she dies.                        --Jer. Taylor.
  
     Syn: To long for; hanker after; covet; wish; ask; request;
          solicit; entreat; beg.
  
     Usage: To {Desire}, {Wish}. In desire the feeling is usually
            more eager than in wish. "I wish you to do this" is a
            milder form of command than "I desire you to do this,"
            though the feeling prompting the injunction may be the
            same. --C. J. Smith.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  desired
       adj 1: greatly desired [syn: {coveted}, {in demand(p)}, {sought
              after}]
       2: wanted intensely; "the child could no longer resist taking
          one of the craved cookies"; "it produced the desired
          effect" [syn: {craved}]