Definition of desire

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Desire (v. t.) Excessive or morbid longing; lust; appetite.

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Lascivious :: Lascivious (a.) Wanton; lewd; lustful; as, lascivious men; lascivious desires..
Appetition :: Appetition (n.) Desire; a longing for, or seeking after, something..
Self-denial :: Self-denial (n.) The denial of one's self; forbearing to gratify one's own desires; self-sacrifice.
Inappetency :: Inappetency (n.) Want of appetency; want of desire.
Desire :: Desire (v. t.) To long for; to wish for earnestly; to covet.
Covetousness :: Covetousness (n.) Strong desire.
Sharpen :: Sharpen (a.) To make more eager; as, to sharpen men's desires..
Wilne :: Wilne (v. t.) To wish; to desire.
Hydrophore :: Hydrophore (n.) An instrument used for the purpose of obtaining specimens of water from any desired depth, as in a river, a lake, or the ocean..
Aspiration :: Aspiration (n.) The act of aspiring of a ardently desiring; strong wish; high desire.
Wrong :: Wrong (a.) Not according to the laws of good morals, whether divine or human; not suitable to the highest and best end; not morally right; deviating from rectitude or duty; not just or equitable; not true; not legal; as, a wrong practice; wrong ideas; wrong inclinations and desires..
Content :: Content (a.) Contained within limits; hence, having the desires limited by that which one has; not disposed to repine or grumble; satisfied; contented; at rest..
Disoblige :: Disoblige (v. t.) To do an act which contravenes the will or desires of; to offend by an act of unkindness or incivility; to displease; to refrain from obliging; to be unaccommodating to.
Lust :: Lust (n.) To have an eager, passionate, and especially an inordinate or sinful desire, as for the gratification of the sexual appetite or of covetousness; -- often with after..
Entice :: Entice (v. t.) To draw on, by exciting hope or desire; to allure; to attract; as, the bait enticed the fishes. Often in a bad sense: To lead astray; to induce to evil; to tempt; as, the sirens enticed them to listen..
Deprecate :: Deprecate (v. t.) To pray against, as an evil; to seek to avert by prayer; to desire the removal of; to seek deliverance from; to express deep regret for; to disapprove of strongly..
Hunger :: Hunger (n.) Any strong eager desire.
Desiderative :: Desiderative (a.) Denoting desire; as, desiderative verbs..
Amativeness :: Amativeness (n.) The faculty supposed to influence sexual desire; propensity to love.
Wish :: Wish (v. t.) To frame or express desires concerning; to invoke in favor of, or against, any one; to attribute, or cal down, in desire; to invoke; to imprecate..
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