Definition of "desire" []

• To wish or long for; want. (verb-transitive)
• To express a wish for; request. (verb-transitive)
• A wish or longing. (noun)
• A request or petition. (noun)
• The object of longing: My greatest desire is to go back home. (noun)

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• "But, for the most part, husbands and wives _can_ have children, if they so desire, _and they_ SHOULD _so desire_."
• "B.C. See Vincent Smith, _Oxford History of India_, p. 52.] [Footnote 9: This is sometimes rendered simply by desire but _desire_ in"
• "Your main desire is to see America fail and blame this administration even tho they are left with the Bush mess."