Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A longing or ardent desire as for something once possessed and now missed; pain or regret on account of loss or absence.
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'desiderium' the sense of not being quite satisfied, proceed in regard to the 44.p. 3.
The Life of Samuel Taylor Coleridge 1838 James Gillman
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Cordibus nostris, quæsumus Domine, cælestis gloriæ inspira desiderium, et præsta: ut in dextris illuc feramus manipulos iustitiæ: ubi tecum sanctus coruscat Abbas Columba.
The Fulcrum of Civilization John 2008
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In salutis suae desperatione proponunt sibi mortis desiderium, Oct. Horat l.
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Ad utile sanitas refertur; utilium est ambitio, cupido desiderium potius quam amor excessus avaritia.
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Amor est voluntarius affectus et desiderium re bona fruendi.
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Comedi ad satietatem, gravitas me offendit; parcius edi, non est expletum desiderium; venereas delicias sequor, hinc morbus, lassitudo, &c. 3880.
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When they show their fair hand, fine foot and leg withal, magnum sui desiderium nobis relinquunt, saith [4987] Balthazar Castilio, lib.
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Non est amor desiderium aut appetitus ut ab omnibus hactenus traditim; nam cum potimur amata re, non manet appetitus; est igitur affectus quo cum re amata aut unimur, aut unionem perpetuamus.
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