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desiring

/dɪˈzaɪ(ə)ɹɪŋ/ noun C2
  1. A yearning for; a want. · c. 1850-1869', Frederic Henry Hedge, "Easter Hymn" Hath the inhumated Upward aspiring, Hath he consummated All his desiring?

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So desiring two ends, he obtained neither.
Three Hundred Aesop's Fables, p. 69 · B2
But, there, he is in the hands of Justice; and,” added he with a smile, “she will take her own.” So saying, he leaped into a boat, desiring to be rowed on board the Pharaon, where M.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 40 · C1
AN ASS having heard some Grasshoppers chirping, was highly enchanted; and, desiring to possess the same charms of melody, demanded what sort of food they lived on to give them such beautiful voices.
Three Hundred Aesop's Fables, p. 2 · B2
The Horse, desiring to revenge himself on the stranger, asked a man if he were willing to help him in punishing the Stag.
Three Hundred Aesop's Fables, p. 68 · B2

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