Definition of desire

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Desire (v. t.) To long for; to wish for earnestly; to covet.

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Vote :: Vote (n.) An ardent wish or desire; a vow; a prayer.
Self-love :: Self-love (n.) The love of one's self; desire of personal happiness; tendency to seek one's own benefit or advantage.
Stomach :: Stomach (n.) The desire for food caused by hunger; appetite; as, a good stomach for roast beef..
Mortify :: Mortify (v. i.) To be subdued; to decay, as appetites, desires, etc..
Glatified :: Glatified (a.) Pleased; indulged according to 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.
Bosom :: Bosom (n.) Inclination; desire.
Cater :: Cater (n.) By extension: To supply what is needed or desired, at theatrical or musical entertainments; -- followed by for or to..
Wouldingness :: Wouldingness (n.) Willingness; desire.
Out :: Out (interj.) Expressing impatience, anger, a desire to be rid of; -- with the force of command; go out; begone; away; off..
Apophasis :: Apophasis (n.) A figure by which a speaker formally declines to take notice of a favorable point, but in such a manner as to produce the effect desired. [For example, see Mark Antony's oration. Shak., Julius Caesar, iii. 2.].
Scramble :: Scramble (v. i.) To struggle eagerly with others for something thrown upon the ground; to go down upon all fours to seize something; to catch rudely at what is desired.
Tunnel :: Tunnel (n. .) A level passage driven across the measures, or at right angles to veins which it is desired to reach; -- distinguished from the drift, or gangway, which is led along the vein when reached by the tunnel..
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..
Necessary :: Necessary (a.) Impossible to be otherwise, or to be dispensed with, without preventing the attainment of a desired result; indispensable; requiste; essential..
Satiate :: Satiate (v. t.) To full beyond natural desire; to gratify to repletion or loathing; to surfeit; to glut.
Art :: Art (n.) The systematic application of knowledge or skill in effecting a desired result. Also, an occupation or business requiring such knowledge or skill..
Work :: Work (v. t.) To produce or form by labor; to bring forth by exertion or toil; to accomplish; to originate; to effect; as, to work wood or iron into a form desired, or into a utensil; to work cotton or wool into cloth..
Continent :: Continent (a.) Exercising restraint as to the indulgence of desires or passions; temperate; moderate.
Liking :: Liking (n.) The state of being pleased with, or attracted toward, some thing or person; hence, inclination; desire; pleasure; preference; -- often with for, formerly with to; as, it is an amusement I have no liking for..
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