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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Desiderate \De*sid"er*ate\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Desiderated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Desiderating}.] [L. desideratus, p. p. of desiderare to desire, miss. See {Desire}, and cf. {Desideratum}.] To desire; to feel the want of; to lack; to miss; to want.
Pray have the goodness to point out one word missing that ought to have been there -- please to insert a desiderated stanza. You can not. --Prof. Wilson.
Men were beginning . . . to desiderate for them an actual abode of fire. --A. W. Ward.
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