desiderate

O Friend of God, know then that London is the desiderate town even of all Earth's cities.

From Tales of Wonder by Dunsany, Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett, Baron

And therefore," he continued, "in the desiderate city, in London, all their camels are pure white.

From Tales of Wonder by Dunsany, Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett, Baron

By one stroke of his pen the Apostle unfolds a heart-history; so that we desiderate no more—more would almost spoil the touching simplicity—“He whom Thou lovest!”

From Memories of Bethany by Macduff, John R. (John Ross)

We desiderate in all things the sharp decidedness of the verdict of a jury—Guilty or Not Guilty.

From The Recreations of a Country Parson by Boyd, Andrew Kennedy Hutchison

And over London the desiderate city the sky is so deep a blue that by this alone the traveller may know where he has come, and may end his fortunate journey.

From Tales of Wonder by Dunsany, Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett, Baron

This is a point of very considerable importance, as the object desiderated in a flying machine is elevating capacity.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5 "Fleury, Claude" to "Foraker" by Various

They are of that class desiderated by Dr. Arnold—“I never wanted articles on religious subjects half so much as articles on common subjects, written with a decidedly religious turn.”

From History, Manners, and Customs of the North American Indians by Summers, Thomas O. (Thomas Osmond)

The desiderated text-book of the period 1798 to 1830 A.D. is no longer to seek.

From The Age of Pope (1700-1744) by Dennis, John

A slight want of individual character may still be desiderated; it is hardly till Manon Lescaut that we get that, but it was not to be expected.

From A History of the French Novel, Vol. 1 From the Beginning to 1800 by Saintsbury, George

In every other problem the solution of the problem is the end desiderated: the means are the thinking requisite for its solution.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, No. 382, October 1847 by Various

That possibility, I need hardly say, is one that, as the actual world goes, we have ample grounds for desiderating.

From Pragmatism by James, William

Desiderā′tion, the act of desiderating: the thing desiderated.—adj.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various

Perhaps that which we are desiderating could not be better expressed than by saying that we need a ministry prophetic and apostolic.

From The Preacher and His Models The Yale Lectures on Preaching 1891 by Stalker, James