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1. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Desiderate \De*sid"er*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Desiderated;
   p. pr. & vb. n. Desiderating.] [L. desideratus, p. p. of
   desiderare to desire, miss. See Desire, and cf.
   Desideratum.]
   To desire; to feel the want of; to lack; to miss; to want.
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         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.
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         Men were beginning . . . to desiderate for them an
         actual abode of fire.                    --A. W. Ward.
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