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e over and above an exact equivalent for what is given or rendered. You shall have your desires with interest. Shak.

e the Supreme Being, or to invoke His and blessing. Go, my dread lord, to your great grandsire's tomb, . . . Invoke his warlike spirit. Shak.

Intimately; thoroughly. [Obs.] I shall desire to know him more inwardly. Beau. & Fl.

To have a constant desire or teasing uneasiness; to long for; as, itching ears. "An itching palm." Shak.

ver to rot, While he might still jog on and keep his trot. Milton . The good old ways our sires jogged safely over. R. Browning.

ss, good fortune, and the like, or by a rational prospect of possessing what we love or desire; gladness; exhilaration of spirits; delight. Her heavenly form beheld, all wished her joy. Dryden. Glides the smooth current of domestic joy. Johnson. Who, for the joy that was set before him, endured the cross, despising the…

To care; to desire. [Obs.] I kepe not of armes for to yelp [boast]. Chaucer.

zled eyes at the full midday beam. Milton. Could swell the soul to rage, or kindle soft desire. Dryden.

Wanton; lewd; lustful; as, lascivious men; lascivious desires. Milton.

lastly Pleased with his idol, he commends, admires, Adores; and, last, the thing adored desires. Dryden.

To incline in opinion or desire; to conform in conduct; -- with to, toward, etc. They delight rather to lean to their old customs. Spenser.

an given to lewdness; one addicted, in an excessive degree, to the indulgence of sexual desire, or to illicit commerce with women.

in rear of the batter. A good leg (Naut.), a course sailed on a tack which is near the desired course. -- Leg bail, escape from custody by flight. [Slang] -- Legs of an hyperbola (or other curve) (Geom.), the branches of the curve which extend outward indefinitely. -- Legs of a triangle, the sides of a triangle; --…

Freedom from occupation or business; vacant time; time free from employment. The desire of leisure is much more natural than of business and care. Sir W. Temple.

Lust; desire; pleasure. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Strong desire; passion. (Archaic.) Some people have a letch for unmasking impostors, or for avenging the wrongs of others. De Quincey.

Suiting, or proceeding from, lustfulness; involving unlawful sexual desire; as, lewd thoughts, conduct, or language.

One free from restraint; one who acts according to his impulses and desires; now, specifically, one who gives rein to lust; a rake; a debauchee. Like a puffed and reckless libertine, Himself the primrose path of dalliance treads. Shak.

Having lustful desires; characterized by lewdness; sensual; lascivious. -- Li*bid"i*nous*ly, adv. -- Li*bid"i*nous*ness, n.

Eager; craving; urged by desire; eager to taste or enjoy; greedy. "The lickerish palate of the glutton." Bp. Hall.