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desire
Part of speech: VerbTo wish earnestly for; crave; to express a wish for; ask.
Part of speech: NounA longing for the possession of some object; an earnest wish; the object longed for.
Usage examples "desire":- What more can man desire? - "The Religious Life of London", J. Ewing Ritchie.
- And by the time dinner was over, not only had all desire passed from him, but apparently all will power as well. - "The Loves of Ambrose", Margaret Vandercook.
- I almost think that the desire has gone. - "The Great Impersonation", E. Phillips Oppenheim.