desiderate

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O Friend of God, know then that London is the desiderate town even of all Earth's cities.

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

Archimedes might desiderate a place to stand on before he could bring his lever into play; I would move the world, self-poised.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 55, May, 1862 by Various

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

Both desiderate a world which is not now, musing with fierce bitterness or cold resignation upon that which was once but is no longer.

From The Origins and Destiny of Imperial Britain Nineteenth Century Europe by Cramb, J. A. (John Adam)

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