DESIDERATE

desiderate. Desiderate, v.t. to desire, with for, wand, ob.

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De‐sid″er‐ate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Desiderated; p. pr. & vb. n. Desiderating.] [[L. desideratus, p. p. of desiderare to desire, miss. See Desire, and cf. Desideratum.]] To desire; to feel the want of; to lack; to miss; to want. Pray have the goodness to point out one word missing that ought to have been there — please to insert a desiderated stanza. You can not. Prof. Wilson. Men were beginning . . . to desiderate for them an actual abode of fire. A. W. Ward.