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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[F.

désireux

, OF.

desiros

, fr.

desir

. See

Noun.

]

Feeling desire; eagerly wishing; solicitous; eager to obtain; covetous.

Jesus knew that they were

desirous

to ask him.

John xvi. 19.

Be not

desirous

of his dainties.

Prov. xxiii. 3.

Adj.

Wishing for; wishing to obtain; coveting; solicitous to possess and enjoy.

Be not desirous of his dainties. Prov. 23.

Jesus knew they were desirous to ask him. John 16.