Definition of desire

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Desire (v. t.) Anything which is desired; an object of longing.

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Complaisance :: Complaisance (n.) Disposition to please or oblige; obliging compliance with the wishes of others; a deportment indicative of a desire to please; courtesy; civility.
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.].
Cupidity :: Cupidity (n.) Eager or inordinate desire, especially for wealth; greed of gain; avarice; covetousness.
Inflame :: Inflame (v. t.) Fig.: To kindle or intensify, as passion or appetite; to excite to an excessive or unnatural action or heat; as, to inflame desire..
Satisfy :: Satisfy (a.) In general, to fill up the measure of a want of (a person or a thing); hence, to grafity fully the desire of; to make content; to supply to the full, or so far as to give contentment with what is wished for..
Sexual :: Sexual (a.) Of or pertaining to sex, or the sexes; distinguishing sex; peculiar to the distinction and office of male or female; relating to the distinctive genital organs of the sexes; proceeding from, or based upon, sex; as, sexual characteristics; sexual intercourse, connection, or commerce; sexual desire; sexual diseases; sexual generation..
Thirsty :: Thirsty (n.) Feeling thirst; having a painful or distressing sensation from want of drink; hence, having an eager desire..
Cupidity :: Cupidity (n.) A passionate desire; love.
Desiderative :: Desiderative (n.) An object of desire.
Allotriophagy :: Allotriophagy (n.) A depraved appetite; a desire for improper food.
Courage :: Courage (n.) Heart; inclination; desire; will.
Stomach :: Stomach (n.) The desire for food caused by hunger; appetite; as, a good stomach for roast beef..
Capture :: Capture (n.) The securing of an object of strife or desire, as by the power of some attraction..
Hunger :: Hunger (n.) Any strong eager desire.
Appetite :: Appetite (n.) Desire for, or relish of, food or drink; hunger..
Obsequious :: Obsequious (a.) Promptly obedient, or submissive, to the will of another; compliant; yielding to the desires of another; devoted..
Mortify :: Mortify (v. i.) To practice penance from religious motives; to deaden desires by religious discipline.
Talent :: Talent (v. t.) Inclination; will; disposition; desire.
Prevenancy :: Prevenancy (n.) The act of anticipating another's wishes, desires, etc., in the way of favor or courtesy; hence, civility; obligingness..
Wishly :: Wishly (adv.) According to desire; longingly; with wishes.
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