1.To long for; to wish for earnestly; to covet. "Neither shall any man desire thy land." "Ye desire your child to live."
2.To express a wish for; to entreat; to request. "Then she said, Did I desire a son of my lord?" "Desire him to go in; trouble him no more."
3.To require; to demand; to claim. (Obs.) "A doleful case desires a doleful song."
4.To miss; to regret. (Obs.) "She shall be pleasant while she lives, and desired when she dies."
