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<blockquote>Ye <b>desire</b> your child to live. <i>Tennyson.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To express a wish for; to entreat; to request.</def>

<blockquote>Then she said, Did I <b>desire</b> a son of my lord? <i>2 Kings iv. 28.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote><b>Desire</b> him to go in; trouble him no more. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To require; to demand; to claim.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>A doleful case <b>desires</b> a doleful song. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>To miss; to regret.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>She shall be pleasant while she lives, and <b>desired</b> when she dies. <i>Jer. Taylor.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- To long for; hanker after; covet; wish; ask; request; solicit; entreat; beg.</syn> <usage> -- To <er>Desire</er>, <er>Wish</er>. In <i>desire</i> the feeling is usually more eager than in <i>wish</i>. "I <i>wish</i> you to do this" is a milder form of command than "I <i>desire</i> you to do this," though the feeling prompting the injunction may be the susage>

<i>C. J. Smith.</i> </syn>

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

<hw>De*sire"</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>d\'82sir</ets>, fr. <ets>d\'82sirer</ets>. See <er>Desire</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt>]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>The natural longing that is excited by the enjoyment or the thought of any good, and impels to action or effort its continuance or possession; an eager wish to obtain or enjoy.</def>

<blockquote>Unspeakable <b>desire</b> to see and know. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>An expressed wish; a request; petition.</def>

<blockquote>And slowly was my mother brought To yield consent to my <b>desire</b>. <i>Tennyson.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Anything which is desired; an object of longing.</def>

<blockquote>The <b>Desire</b> of all nations shall come. <i>Hag. ii. 7.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>Excessive or morbid longing; lust; appetite.</def>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>Grief; regret.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chapman.</i>

<syn>Syn. -- Wish; appetency; craving; inclination; eagerness; aspiration; longing.</syn>

<h1>Desireful</h1> <Xpage=398>

<hw>De*sire"ful</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Filled with desire; eager.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<blockquote>The <b>desireful</b> troops. <i>Godfrey (1594).</i></blockquote>

<h1>Desirefulness</h1> <Xpage=398>

<hw>De*sire"ful*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The state of being desireful; eagerness to obtain and possess.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<blockquote>The <b>desirefulness</b> of our minds much augmenteth and increaseth our pleasure. <i>Udall.</i></blockquote>