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desiderate
verb as in covet
Strongest matches
verb as in desire
Strong matches
verb as in want
Example Sentences
The opposition of the popes to the divorces of princes has been often since renewed, but this is the first example: we have seen Charlemagne repudiate Imiltrade, as also Ermengarde or Desiderate, without any opposition on the part of the Roman pontiff; but he was Charlemagne, and his great-grandson neither inherited his genius nor his power.
He will desiderate greater variety of testimony,—the utmost variety which is attainable.
Then, as the exciting sounds draw nearer and nearer, do I desiderate those eyes of Aristarchus, "whose looks were as a breeching to a boy."
Then, last of all, I desiderate urbanity.
And tenderness, too—but does that appear a mawkish thing to desiderate in life?
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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