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dɪˈsɪd əˌreɪtdesider·ate

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  1. desiderateverb

    To miss, to feel the absence of, to long for.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. To Desiderateverb

    To want; to miss; to desire in absence. A word scarcely used.

    Etymology: desidero, Lat.

    Eclipses are of wonderful assistance toward the solution of this so desirable and so much desiderated problem. George Cheyne.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Desiderateverb

    to desire; to feel the want of; to lack; to miss; to want

  2. Etymology: [L. desideratus, p. p. of desiderare to desire, miss. See Desire, and cf. Desideratum.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Desiderate

    de-sid′ėr-āt, v.t. to long for or earnestly desire a thing: to want or miss.—n. Desiderā′tion, the act of desiderating: the thing desiderated.—adj. Desid′erative, implying desire, as in desiderative verb.—n. Desiderā′tum, something desired or much wanted:—pl. Desiderā′ta. [L. desiderāre, -ātum, to long for. A doublet of desire.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of desiderate in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of desiderate in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9


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