desiderate

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

It is the authoritative sentence of the Church then on this difficult subject that we desiderate.

From The Causes of the Corruption of the Traditional Text of the Holy Gospels Being the Sequel to The Traditional Text of the Holy Gospels by Miller, Edward

But what more comfort could a man desiderate than is given by the Holy Spirit?

From The Doctrines of Predestination, Reprobation, and Election by Wallace, Robert

We desiderate means of instruction which involve no interruption of our ordinary habits; nor need we seek it long, for the natural course of things brings it about, while we debate over it.

From Harvard Classics Volume 28 Essays English and American by Eliot, Charles William

We desiderate in all things the sharp decidedness of the verdict of a jury—Guilty or Not Guilty.

From The Recreations of a Country Parson by Boyd, Andrew Kennedy Hutchison

That the oneness requires425 proof is prima facie evidence that it is a value, a desiderate, not an existence.

From Creative Intelligence Essays in the Pragmatic Attitude by Bode, Boyd H.