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desiderate en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /dɪˈsɪdəɹeɪt/

Etymology

From Latin, from the participle stem of the verb dēsīderāre (“to desire”). The verb is a doublet of desire.

Meanings

  1. desired, wished or longed for
    • O Friend of God, know then that London is the desiderate town even of all Earth's cities. 1916, Lord Dunsany, “A Tale of London”, in Tales of Wonder:

Forms

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more desiderate Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most desiderate Degree=Sup lexicographic

desiderate en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /dɪˈsɪdəɹeɪt/

Etymology

From Latin, from the participle stem of the verb dēsīderāre (“to desire”). The verb is a doublet of desire.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To miss; to feel the absence of; to long for.
    • Between our human nature and the nature they desiderate there is a deep and fordless river, over which they can throw no bridge, and all their talk supposes that we shall be able to fly or wade across it […] 1879, William Hurrell Mallock, Is Life Worth Living?:
    • it put him in thought of that missing link of creation’s chain desiderated by the late ingenious Mr Darwin. 1922, James Joyce, Ulysses:

Forms

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desiderating Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
desiderated Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
desiderated Tense=Past lexicographic
desiderates Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Translations (3)

mi mānakonako (To long for, to feel the absence of) · bg желая (To long for, to feel the absence of) · bg чувствам липсата на (To long for, to feel the absence of)