Desire

Definition of desire:

part of speech: verb

To long for the possession of: to wish for: to request, ask: ( B.) to regret.

part of speech: noun

Wish; longing; request.

part of speech: noun

An earnest longing for: eagerness to obtain: a prayer or request: the object desired: lust.

part of speech: noun

A longing for the possession of some object; an earnest wish; the object longed for.

part of speech: verb

To wish earnestly for; crave; to express a wish for; ask.

part of speech: verb

To wish for; request.

Usage examples for desire:

• Every one must desire to do what he can do best. "The Complete Historical Romances of Georg Ebers", Georg Ebers.

• I suppose it is because everybody says so, that I have such a strange desire to see it. "Lavengro The Scholar, The Gypsy, The Priest", George Borrow.

• Since you desire to know my name, it must not be kept from you. "Four Arthurian Romances "Erec et Enide", "Cliges", "Yvain", and "Lancelot"", Chretien DeTroyes.

• And a great desire to lie down with them is upon me. "Prison Memoirs of an Anarchist", Alexander Berkman.