desirantt

[ME. desiraunt, desire (dē-zīr'), v.; pret. and pp. desired, ppr. de siring. [ Neither shall any man desire thy land. Ex. xxxiv. 24. Certainly that man were greedy of life who should de sire to live when all the world were at an end. Sir T. Browne , Religio Medici, Pref. When one is contented, there is no more to be desired; and where there is no more to be desired, there is an end of it. Cervantes, Don Quixote (trans.). 2. To expre a wish to obtain; ask; request; pray for. Then she said, Did I desire a son of my lord? A doleful case desires a dole full song. desk she dies. He [Jehoram) reigned in Jerusalem eight years, and departed without being desired . 2 Chron. xxi. 20. She shall be pleasant while she lives, and desired when Jer. Taylor , The Marriage Ring. Tennyson, Holy Grail. =Syn. 1. To crave, want, hanker after, yearn for. - 2. To beg, solicit, entreat. His chair desires him here in vain. II. in trans. To be in a state of desire or longing. Tho desired [e] the quene muche after the nailes thre War-with our lord was In ailed to the tre. more Holy Rood (E. E. T. S.), p. 46. .] 1. An emo For not to desire or admire, if a man could learn it, were Than to walk all day like the sultan of old in a garden of spice. Tennyson, Maud, iv. 7. desire (dē-zīr'), n. [ desir , desere , desier , F. désir (after the verb) = Pr. desire , dezir (cf. Sp. deseo = Pg. desejo ) = It. desiro , desire , desira , desi a , desio , desiderio , desiderium , desire, longing, regret, deside rare , desire, long for: see desire , v.] tion directed to the attainment or po e ion of an object from which pleasure, whether sensual, intellectual, or spiritual, is expected; a pa ion consisting in uneasine for want of the object toward which it is directed, and the impulse to attain or po e it; in the widest sense, a state or condition of wishing. But upon that Montayne to gon up this Monk had gret desir ; and so upon a day he wente up. Mandeville , Travels, p. 148. And warm tears gushing from their eyes, with pa ion ate desire Of their kind manager. Chapman , Iliad, xvii. 380. By this time the Pilgrims had a desire to go forward, and the Shepherds a desire they should; so they walked together towards the end of the Mountains. Bunyan , Pilgrim's Progre , p. 182. Desire is the uneasine a man finds in himself upon the absence of anything whose present enjoyment carries the idea of delight with it. Locke . He cared little for wine or for beauty, but he desired riches with an ungovernable and insatiable desire . Macaulay , Hist. Eng., vi. As desire is found to be the incentive to action where motives are readily analyzable, it is probably the universal incentive. H. Spencer , Social Statics, p. 43. Desire always in the first instance looks outward to the object, and only indirectly through the object at the self; pleasure comes of the realisation of desire , but the desire is primarily for something else than the pleasure; and though it may gradually become tinctured by the consciousne of the subjective result, it can never entirely lose its objective reference. E. Caird , Hegel, p. 213. 2. A craving or longing; yearning, as of affection; longing inclination toward something. Thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee. Gen. iii. 16. 3. Appetency; sensual or natural tendency. Fulfilling the desires of the flesh. Eph. ii. 3. IMG:content-2457.png:[blocks in formation] 5. The object of longing; that which is wished for. I knowe no better counseile, ne more trewe; and so shalt thow a-comp lis she thy desere of thyn herte that thow art moste desiraunt. Merlin (E. E. T. S.), i. 80. The desire of all nations shall come. Hag. ii. 7. Here Busca and the Emperour had their desire . Capt. John Smith , True Travels, I. 26. Baptism of desire. See baptism . =Syn. 1 to 3. Inclination, appetency, hankering, craving, eagerne , aspiration. See wish . desiredlyt (dē-zir'ed-li), adv. In a desired manner; with desire. [Rare.] O that I had my heat from thee, most holy fire! how sweetly dost thou burn! how secretly dost thou shine! how desiredly dost thou inflame me! Quarles (tr. of S. August. Soliloq., xxxiv.), Emblems, v. des ireful (dē-zīr'fül), a. [ desire + -ful , 1.] Full of desire or longing. [Rare.] 2 Ki. iv. 28. des irefulne (de-zir fül-nes), n. The state of being des ireful; eager longing. [Rare.] So desiring leave to visite him sometimes, I went away. Evelyn , Diary, Jan. 18, 1671. I whispered him, and desired him to step aside a little with me Steele, Tatler, No. 178. 31. To invite. I would desire My famous cousin to our Grecian tents. Shak., T. and C., iv. 5. The pleasure of a goode turne is muche diminished whan it is at first obteyned. The desirefulne e of our mindes muche augment eth and encreaseth our pleasure. Udall , Preface vnto the Kinges Maiestie. desirele (dē-zīr'les), a. [ -le .] Without desire; indifferent. Donne, Devotions, p. 25. One who desires, asks, or calls for; one who wishes or craves. I will counterfeit the bewitchment of some popular man, and give it bountifully to the desirers . Shak ., Cor., ii. 3. desirous (dē-zīr'us), a. [ Be not desirous of his dainties: for they are deceitful meat. Prov. xxiii. 3. Jesus knew that they were desirous to ask him. John xvi. 19. Behold at the door stood a great company of men, as desirous to go in, but durst not. Bunyan , Pilgrim's Progre , p. 105. 2t. Desirable. armes. The kynge de Cent chiualers hym so coured anoon with ijml men, whiche was a worth i knyght and desirouse in Merlin (E. E. T. S.), ii. 163. desirously (dē-zīrus-li), adv . With desire; with earnest wish or longing. The people of God... do with their hearts acknowledge his right and title to them, and do most desirously close with him. Bates , Everlasting Rest of the Saints. desirousne (dē-zīr'us-nes), n. The state of being desirous; affection or emotion of desire. We shall find a common desirous enes in all men to seeke their welfare. Trewne e of the Christian Religion , p. 338 (Ord MS.). desist (de-sist' or -zist'), v . i. [OF. desister , F. désister = Sp. Pg. desistir = It. desistere , desistere , intr. leave off, cease, tr. set down, de , down, + sistere , set, place, causal of stare , stand, = E. stand , q. v. Cf. a ist , consist, ex ist , insist , persist , resist .] To stop; cease from some action or proceeding; forbear: used absolutely or with from . Ceres, however, desisted not, but fell to her entreaties and lamentations afresh. Bacon , Physical Fables, xi. What do we, then, but draw anew the model In fewer offices; or, at least, desist To build at all? Shak., 2 Hen. IV., i. 3. Travelling after fortune is not the way to secure her; and, indeed, of late, I have desisted from the pursuit. Goldsmith, Vicar, xx. =Syn. To pause, stay, desist (from), leave (off), discontinue, give (over), break (off). desistance, desistence (de-sis'tans, -tens, or de-zis'tans, -tens), n. [= Sp. Pg. des is ten cia; as desist + -ance, -ence.] A desisting; a ceasing to act or proceed; a stopping. Men usually give freeliest where they have not given before; and make it both the motive and excuse of their desistance from giving any more, that they have given already. Boyle , Works, I. 269. The creature's sensations will ever prompt desistance from the more laborious course. H. Spencer , Prin. of Biol., II. 364. desist i vet (dē-sis'tiv or -zis'tiv), a. [=Pg. de sistivo ; as desist + -ive .] Ending; concluding. [Rare.]