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desiderating

desiderating is the present participle and gerund 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 desiderating

What is desiderating the present participle and gerund of?
Desiderating is the present participle and gerund of desiderate.

Words near desiderating in the dictionary

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

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