DESIRE
DESIRE, noun1. An emotion or excitement of the mind, directed to the attainment or possession of an object from which pleasure, sensual, intellectual or spiritual, is expected; ...
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DESIRED
DESIRED, participle passive Wished for; coveted; requested; entreated.
DESIRELESS
DESIRELESS, adjective Free from desire.
DESIRER
DESIRER, noun One who desires or asks; one who wishes.
DESIRING
DESIRING, participle present tense Wishing for; coveting; asking; expressing a wish; soliciting.
DESIROUS
DESIROUS, adjective Wishing for; wishing to obtain; coveting; solicitous to possess and enjoy.Be not desirous of his dainties. Proverbs 23:3.Jesus knew they were desirous to ask...
DESIROUSLY
DESIROUSLY, adverb With desire; with earnest wishes.
DESIROUSNESS
DESIROUSNESS, noun The state or affection of being desirous.
DESIST
DESIST, verb intransitive [Latin To stand.] To stop; to cease to act or proceed; to forbear; with from; as, he desisted from his purpose; let us desist
DESISTANCE
DESISTANCE, noun A ceasing to act or proceed; a stopping.
DESISTING
DESISTING, participle present tense Ceasing to act or proceed.
DESITIVE
DESITIVE, adjective Final; conclusive.
DESK
DESK, noun1. An inclining table for the use of writers and readers; usually made with a box or drawer underneath, and sometimes with a book-case above.2. The pulpit in a church,...
DESMINE
DESMINE, noun A mineral that crystalizes in little silken tufts, which accompany spinellane in the lava of extinct volcanoes on the banks of the Rhine.
DESOLATE
DESOLATE, adjective1. Destitute or deprived of inhabitants; desert; uninhabited; denoting either stripped of inhabitants, or never having been inhabitated; as a desolate isle; a...
DESOLATED
DESOLATED, participle passive Deprived of inhabitants; wasted; ruined.
DESOLATELY
DESOLATELY, adverb In a desolate manner.
DESOLATER
DESOLATER, noun One who lays waste or desolates; that which desolates.
DESOLATING
DESOLATING, participle present tense Depriving of inhabitants; wasting; ravaging.
DESOLATION
DESOLATION, noun1. The act of desolating destruction or expulsion of inhabitants; destruction; ruin; waste.Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation Matthew ...
DESOLATORY
DESOLATORY, adjective Causing desolation.
DESPAIR
DESPAIR, noun1. Hopelessness; a hopeless state; a destitution of hope or expectation.We are perplexed, but not in despair 2 Corinthians 4:8.All safety in despair of safety place...
DESPAIRER
DESPAIRER, noun One without hope.
DESPAIRFUL
DESPAIRFUL, adjective Hopeless.
DESPAIRING
DESPAIRING, participle present tense Giving up all hope or expectation.
DESPAIRINGLY
DESPAIRINGLY, adverb In a despairing manner; in a manner indicating hopelessness; as, he speaks despairingly of the sick mans recovery.
DESPATCH
DESPATCH, [See Dispatch.]