desiring
/dɪˈzaɪ(ə)ɹɪŋ/ noun C2- A yearning for; a want. · c. 1850-1869', Frederic Henry Hedge, "Easter Hymn" Hath the inhumated Upward aspiring, Hath he consummated All his desiring?
Plural desirings
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In spite of this amendment, however, she requested to have a note sent to Longbourn, desiring her mother to visit Jane, and form her own judgment of her situation.
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.
The Horse, desiring to revenge himself on the stranger, asked a man if he were willing to help him in punishing the Stag.
So desiring two ends, he obtained neither.
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