desiderate

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That the oneness requires425 proof is prima facie evidence that it is a value, a desiderate, not an existence.

From Creative Intelligence Essays in the Pragmatic Attitude by Bode, Boyd H.

In fact, I do again desiderate some concretion of these beautiful abstracta.

From The Correspondence of Thomas Carlyle and Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1834-1872, Vol. I by Carlyle, Thomas

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

Pray, pray, don't think of answering this; it is merely to correct an unfavourable impression in one whose favourable opinion I much desiderate.

From Reminiscences of Scottish Life and Character by Ramsay, Edward Bannerman

It is the authoritative sentence of the Church then on this difficult subject that we desiderate.

From The Causes of the Corruption of the Traditional Text of the Holy Gospels Being the Sequel to The Traditional Text of the Holy Gospels by Miller, Edward