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desiderates

desiderates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of desiderate.

Meaning of desiderate

Verb

desiderate (third-person singular simple present desiderates, present participle desiderating, simple past and past participle desiderated)

  1. (transitive) To miss; to feel the absence of; to long for.
    • Between our human nature and the nature they desiderate there is a deep and fordless river, over which they can throw no bridge, and all their talk supposes that we shall be able to fly or wade across it […]1879, William Hurrell Mallock, Is Life Worth Living?

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Questions about desiderates

What is desiderates the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Desiderates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of desiderate.

Words near desiderates in the dictionary

  1. desiderant
  2. desiderants
  3. desiderata
  4. desiderate
  5. desiderated
  6. desiderates
  7. desiderating
  8. desideration
  9. desiderations
  10. desiderative
  11. desideratives

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