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Definition of Desideration
1. n. Act of desiderating; also, the thing desired.
Definition of Desideration
1. Noun. The act of desiderating. ¹
2. Noun. Something desired. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Desideration
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Desideration
Literary usage of Desideration
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1896)
"It is, I repeat, conditions such as these which have rendered smokeless powder,
of good ballistic qualities, a great desideration, if not an absolute ..."
2. Classical Philology by University of Chicago press, JSTOR (Organization) (1909)
"... puella, tuo (taking animo .... tuo as a dative of place whither) what partly
moved me was the desideration of something to restore the ordinary idiom of ..."
3. The Academy: A Journal of Secondary Education by Associated Principles of the High Schools and Academies of the State of New York (1890)
"After the analysis of § § 261 sqq., which is a memorable substitute for the old
desideration of purpose as an element in fearing-clauses (cf. old ed. ..."
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