desiderate

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And therefore," he continued, "in the desiderate city, in London, all their camels are pure white.

From Tales of Wonder by Dunsany, Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett, Baron

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.

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

From Meaning of Truth by James, William

Then, as the exciting sounds draw nearer and nearer, do I desiderate those eyes of Aristarchus, 'whose looks were as a breeching to a boy.'

From The Complete Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell by Lowell, James Russell

Discoverers should bear a little with beginners; and we suggest that, in a second edition, a full table should be given of what we desiderate.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, Number 360, October 1845 by Various