- (v.t.) To have a desire or yearning; to long; to hanker.
- (v.t.) To recommend; to seek confidence or favor in behalf of.
- (n.) A thing desired; an object of desire.
- (v.t.) To desire; to long for; to hanker after; to have a mind or disposition toward.
- (n.) Desire; eager desire; longing.
- (n.) Expression of desire; request; petition; hence, invocation or imprecation.
- (v.t.) To frame or express desires concerning; to invoke in favor of or against, any one; to attribute or cal down, in desire; to invoke; to imprecate.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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