Desiderate

Pronunciation

• IPA: /dɪˈsɪdəɹeɪt/

Origin

From Latin, from the participle stem of the verb dēsīderāre ("to desire").

Full definition of desiderate

Verb

1. To miss, to feel the absence of, to long for.
• 1922, James Joyce, Ulysses, it put him in thought of that missing link of creation’s chain desiderated by the late ingenious Mr Darwin.----