What is an expressed wish; a request; petition. And slowly was my mother brought To yield consent to my desire. Tennyson called?
desire — An expressed wish; a request; petition. And slowly was my mother brought To yield consent to my desire. Tennyson. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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