desiderate

Example Sentences

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He will desiderate greater variety of testimony,—the utmost variety which is attainable.

From The Traditional Text of the Holy Gospels by Burgon, John William

And these schools of the people that extension of the educational franchise which we desiderate would not fail to restore to the people.

From Leading Articles on Various Subjects by Davidson, John

Discoverers should bear a little with beginners; and we suggest that, in a second edition, a full table should be given of what we desiderate.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, Number 360, October 1845 by Various

It seemed also, owing to its height, to desiderate wings, but there were none.

From Ghost Stories of an Antiquary Part 2: More Ghost Stories by James, M. R. (Montague Rhodes)

Their contemplation will still desiderate something beyond all finite being, actual or possible.

From Moral Philosophy by Rickaby, Joseph , S. J.