DESIDERATA
De*sid`e*ra"ta, n. pl.
Defn: See Desideratum.
DESIDERATE
De*sid"er*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Desiderated; p. pr. & vb. n.
Desiderating.] Etym: [L. desideratus, p. p. of desiderare to desire,
miss. See Desire, and cf. Desideratum.]
Defn: 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.
DESIDERATION
De*sid`er*a"tion, n. Etym: [L. desideratio.]
Defn: Act of desiderating; also, the thing desired. [R.] Jeffrey.
DESIDERATIVE
De*sid"er*a*tive, a. Etym: [L. desiderativus.]
Defn: Denoting desire; as, desiderative verbs.
DESIDERATIVE
De*sid"er*a*tive, n.
1. An object of desire.