单词 | desiderate |
释义 | † desiderateadj.n. Obsolete. A. adj. Desired; desirable. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > [adjective] > desirable yearninglyOE desiderablea1340 desirablea1382 desirefulc1384 dainteousc1386 fairc1410 desirous1430 expetible1569 lustful?1610 appetible1622 desiderate1640 honeysuckle1660 deligible1680 wantable1886 1640 G. Watts tr. F. Bacon Of Advancem. Learning iv. ii. 199 So these are the Parts which in the Knowledge of Medicine, touching the cure of Diseases, are desiderate. B. n. A thing that is desired; a desideratum. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > [noun] > object of desire willeOE desire1340 appetitec1386 flight1530 optative1605 catch1609 desiderate1640 desirable1645 desideratuma1651 eligible1656 appetible1715 lookout1795 desideration1836 ooh-ah1957 the mind > will > necessity > condition of being necessary > need or want > [noun] > that which is needed or required want1579 exigency1612 desiderate1640 desideratuma1651 requirement1662 desideration1836 absolute1966 1640 G. Watts tr. F. Bacon Of Advancem. Learning Pref. 23 Where we deliver up any thing as a Desiderate. 1664 J. Evelyn Sylva (1776) 558 Those who shall once oblige our nation with a full and Absolutely Compleat Dictionary, as yet a Desiderate amongst us. 1670 J. Evelyn Mem. (1857) III. 223 When I shall have received those other desiderates, I may proceed to the compiling part. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2021). desideratev. transitive. To desire with a sense of want or regret; to feel a desire or longing for; to feel the want of; to desire, want, miss. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > [verb (transitive)] willeOE wilnec897 desirec1230 catcha1350 appetec1385 appetitec1385 to wait after ——1393 to set (also have, keep, turn) one's mind onc1450 list1545 exopt1548 to have a mind1553 desiderate1646 lust1653 to have eyes for1657 like1685 want1698 choose1766 to be stuck on1878 the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > longing or yearning > long or yearn for [verb (transitive)] yearneOE yearnOE copena1225 longc1225 to yawn after or fora1250 yerec1275 to stand to ——a1400 hungerc1450 ache1622 desiderate1646 sigh1650 tire1801 lonesome for1905 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica Pref. sig. A vj a If any way..wee may obtaine a worke, so much desired, at least, desiderated of truth. 1655 R. Baillie Disswasive Vindic. 29 In that pastorall freedome I desiderate these three things. a1732 T. Boston Memoirs (1776) xii. 453 I desiderated satisfying impressions. 1788 E. Gibbon Let. 21 June (1956) III. 111 In the evening, I desiderate the resources of a family or a Club. 1829 R. Southey in Q. Rev. 39 123 The great step which is now desiderated in education. 1839 John Bull 11 Aug. We desiderate to know whether murder itself be considered one [an offence]. a1856 W. Hamilton Lect. Metaphysics (1859) II. xxxix. 384 He evacuates the phænomenon of all that desiderates explanation. 1866 A. Trollope Belton Estate II. v. 121 Incapable of enjoying the kind of life which he desiderated. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < adj.n.1640v.1646 |
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