desiderate

Example Sentences

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Their contemplation will still desiderate something beyond all finite being, actual or possible.

From Moral Philosophy by Rickaby, Joseph , S. J.

And tenderness, too—but does that appear a mawkish thing to desiderate in life?

From Modern Essays by Ayres, Harry Morgan

The passion we desiderate for the present-day pulpit includes something almost infinitely higher than this.

From The Message and the Man: Some Essentials of Effective Preaching by Jackson, J. Dodd (James Dodd)

He will desiderate greater variety of testimony,—the utmost variety which is attainable.

From The Traditional Text of the Holy Gospels by Burgon, John William

We should desiderate a closer approach, and not rest till we had found it.

From Meaning of Truth by James, William