To want; to wish for earnestly.
I desire to speak with you.
To put a request to (someone); to entreat.
And when they founde no cause of deeth in hym, yet desired they Pilate to kyll him.
To want emotionally or sexually.
The feeling of desiring; an eager longing for something.
Too much desire can seriously affect one’s judgement.
Someone or something wished for.
From Middle English desir, desire (noun) and desiren (verb), from Old French desirer, desirrer, from Latin dēsīderō (“to long for, desire, feel the want of, miss, regret”), apparently from de- + sidus...
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She has desired him since they first met.
It is my desire to speak with you.
Strong attraction, particularly romantic or sexual.
His desire for her kept him awake at night.