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   desiderate

   /dɪˈzɪdəreɪt/

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   • 1. feel a keen desire for (something lacking or absent): archaic "I desiderate the resources of a family"

   Word Origin mid 17th century: from Latin desiderat- ‘desired’, from the verb desiderare, perhaps from de- ‘down’ + sidus, sider- ‘star’. Compare with consider.

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   What does Desiderata mean?

   • Desiderata means things that are desired or wanted. The implication is that these are desired qualities of the soul and of the heart. Who wrote the Desiderata? The poem was written by Max Ehrmann, a lawyer from Terra Haute, Indiana. He first published it in 1927.

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   What does desire mean?

   • To wish to have or see happen. [Latin dēsīderāre, dēsīderāt-, to desire; see desire.] de·sid′er·a′tion n. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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   Where did the word 'desiderate' come from?

   • The earliest known use of the verb desiderate is in the mid 1600s. OED's earliest evidence for desiderate is from 1646, in the writing of Thomas Browne, physician and author. desiderate is a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin dēsīderāt-.

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   Desiderate is a verb that means to wish or desire something. It comes from the Latin word desiderare, which means to desire. See synonyms, examples, word history, and related articles.

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   Desiderate means to wish or long for something, often with a sense of lack or need. It comes from Latin dēsīderāre, meaning to star or constellation. See how to use it in sentences and related words.

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   Desiderate means to feel the lack of or need for something, or to long for something. It comes from Latin dēsīderāre, meaning to star or heavenly body. See synonyms, pronunciation, collocations and sentences of desiderate.

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   Desiderate means to wish to have or see happen. It comes from Latin dēsīderāre, meaning to desire. Find more information, pronunciation, and examples of desiderate and its synonyms.

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   Desiderate is a verb that means to wish for something or to desire something. It comes from Latin dēsīderāt-, and is not very common in modern English. See examples, pronunciation, and related words.

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   Desiderate is a verb that means to wish to have or see happen. It comes from Latin and is similar to the word desire. Find synonyms, antonyms and examples of desiderate usage.

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    Desiderate is an archaic verb that means to feel a keen desire for something lacking or absent. Learn more about its origin, usage and synonyms from bab.la Dictionary, a free online English-English dictionary.