Definition of desire

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Desire (v. t.) Grief; regret.

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Inordinacy :: Inordinacy (n.) The state or quality of being inordinate; excessiveness; immoderateness; as, the inordinacy of love or desire..
Long :: Long (a.) To feel a strong or morbid desire or craving; to wish for something with eagerness; -- followed by an infinitive, or by after or for..
Hate :: Hate (v.) Strong aversion coupled with desire that evil should befall the person toward whom the feeling is directed; as exercised toward things, intense dislike; hatred; detestation; -- opposed to love..
Satiety :: Satiety (n.) The state of being satiated or glutted; fullness of gratification, either of the appetite or of any sensual desire; fullness beyond desire; an excess of gratification which excites wearisomeness or loathing; repletion; satiation..
Twittering :: Twittering (n.) A slight nervous excitement or agitation, such as is caused by desire, expectation, or suspense..
Hope :: Hope (v. t.) To desire with expectation or with belief in the possibility or prospect of obtaining; to look forward to as a thing desirable, with the expectation of obtaining it; to cherish hopes of..
Mad :: Mad (superl.) Excited beyond self-control or the restraint of reason; inflamed by violent or uncontrollable desire, passion, or appetite; as, to be mad with terror, lust, or hatred; mad against political reform..
Reclaim :: Reclaim (v. t.) Hence: To reduce to a desired state by discipline, labor, cultivation, or the like; to rescue from being wild, desert, waste, submerged, or the like; as, to reclaim wild land, overflowed land, etc..
Longing :: Longing (n.) An eager desire; a craving; a morbid appetite; an earnest wish; an aspiration.
Gratification :: Gratification (n.) The act of gratifying, or pleasing, either the mind, the taste, or the appetite; as, the gratification of the palate, of the appetites, of the senses, of the desires, of the heart..
Panslavism :: Panslavism (n.) A scheme or desire to unite all the Slavic races into one confederacy.
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..
Have :: Have (v. t.) To cause or procure to be; to effect; to exact; to desire; to require.
Virulent :: Virulent (a.) Very bitter in enmity; actuated by a desire to injure; malignant; as, a virulent invective..
Hungry :: Hungry (superl.) Showing hunger or a craving desire; voracious.
Contain :: Contain (v. i.) To restrain desire; to live in continence or chastity.
Prurient :: Prurient (a.) Uneasy with desire; itching; especially, having a lascivious curiosity or propensity; lustful..
Inclined :: Inclined (p. p. & a.) Having a leaning or tendency towards, or away from, a thing; disposed or moved by wish, desire, or judgment; as, a man inclined to virtue..
Lecher :: Lecher (n.) A man given to lewdness; one addicted, in an excessive degree, to the indulgence of sexual desire, or to illicit commerce with women..
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..
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