Part 2999

<h1>Desilverize</h1> <Xpage=398>

<hw>De*sil"ver*ize</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To deprive, or free from, silver; to remove silver from.</def>

<h1>Desinence</h1> <Xpage=398>

<hw>Des"i*nence</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>d\'82sinence</ets>.]</ety> <def>Termination; ending.</def>

<i>Bp. Hall.</i>

<h1>Desinent</h1> <Xpage=398>

<hw>Des"i*nent</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>desinens</ets>, p. pr. of <ets>desinere</ets>, <ets>desitum</ets>, to leave off, cease; <ets>de-</ets> + <ets>sinere</ets> to let, allow.]</ety> <def>Ending; forming an end; lowermost.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> "Their <i>desinent</i> parts, fish."

<i>B. Jonson.</i>

<h1>Desinential</h1> <Xpage=398>

<hw>Des`i*nen"tial</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>d\'82sinentiel</ets>.]</ety> <def>Terminal.</def>

<blockquote>Furthermore, <b>b</b>, as a <b>desinential</b> element, has a dynamic function. <i>Fitzed. Hall.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Desipient</h1> <Xpage=398>

<hw>De*sip"i*ent</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>desipiens</ets>, p. pr. of <ets>desipere</ets> to be foolish; <ets>de-</ets> + <ets>sapere</ets> to be wise.]</ety> <def>Foolish; silly; trifling.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Desirability</h1> <Xpage=398>

<hw>De*sir`a*bil"i*ty</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The state or quality of being desirable; desirableness.</def>

<h1>Desirable</h1> <Xpage=398>

<hw>De*sir"a*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>d\'82sirable</ets>, fr. L. <ets>desiderabilis</ets>. See <er>Desire</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt>]</ety> <def>Worthy of desire or longing; fitted to excite desire or a wish to possess; pleasing; agreeable.</def>

<blockquote>All of them <b>desirable</b> young men. <i>Ezek. xxiii. 12.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>As things <b>desirable</b> excite Desire, and objects move the appetite. <i>Blackmore.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Desirableness</h1> <Xpage=398>

<hw>De*sir"a*ble*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The quality of being desirable.</def>

<blockquote>The <b>desirableness</b> of the Austrian alliance. <i>Froude.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Desirably</h1> <Xpage=398>

<hw>De*sir"a*bly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a desirable manner.</def>

<h1>Desire</h1> <Xpage=398>

<hw>De*sire"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Desired</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Desiring</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[F. <ets>d\'82sirer</ets>, L. <ets>desiderare</ets>, origin uncertain, perh. fr. <ets>de-</ets> + <ets>sidus</ets> star, constellation, and hence orig., to turn the eyes from the stars. Cf. <er>Consider</er>, and <er>Desiderate</er>, and see <er>Sidereal</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To long for; to wish for earnestly; to covet.</def>

<blockquote>Neither shall any man <b>desire</b> thy land. <i>Ex. xxxiv. 24.</i></blockquote>