De·sid·er·ate v. t. [imp. & p. p. Desiderated; p. pr. & vb. n. Desiderating.] To desire; to feel the want of; to lack; to miss; to want.
Pray have the goodness to point out one word missing that ought to have been there -- please to insert a desiderated stanza. You can not. --Prof. Wilson.
Men were beginning . . . to desiderate for them an actual abode of fire. --A. W. Ward.
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