desiderate
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1DESIDERATE + NOUN
town
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verb
To miss; to feel the absence of; to long for.
Between our human nature and the nature they desiderate there is a deep and fordless river, over which they can throw no bridge, and all their talk supposes that we shall be able to fly or wade across it […]
it put him in thought of that missing link of creation’s chain desiderated by the late ingenious Mr Darwin.
adj
desired, wished or longed for
O Friend of God, know then that London is the desiderate town even of all Earth's cities.
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3Between our human nature and the nature they desiderate there is a deep and fordless river, over which they can throw no bridge, and all their talk supposes that we shall be able to fly or wade across
Wiktionaryit put him in thought of that missing link of creation’s chain desiderated by the late ingenious Mr Darwin.
WiktionaryO Friend of God, know then that London is the desiderate town even of all Earth's cities.
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