Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to desiderate
Participle: desiderated
Gerund: desiderating
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | desiderate |
| you | desiderate |
| he;she;it | desiderates |
| we | desiderate |
| you | desiderate |
| they | desiderate |
Perfect
| I | have desiderated |
| you | have desiderated |
| he;she;it | has desiderated |
| we | have desiderated |
| you | have desiderated |
| they | have desiderated |
Past
| I | desiderated |
| you | desiderated |
| he;she;it | desiderated |
| we | desiderated |
| you | desiderated |
| they | desiderated |
Pluperfect
| I | had desiderated |
| you | had desiderated |
| he;she;it | had desiderated |
| we | had desiderated |
| you | had desiderated |
| they | had desiderated |
Future
| I | will desiderate |
| you | will desiderate |
| he;she;it | will desiderate |
| we | will desiderate |
| you | will desiderate |
| they | will desiderate |
Future Perfect
| I | will have desiderated |
| you | will have desiderated |
| he;she;it | will have desiderated |
| we | will have desiderated |
| you | will have desiderated |
| they | will have desiderated |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | desiderate |
| you | desiderate |
| he;she;it | desiderate |
| we | desiderate |
| you | desiderate |
| they | desiderate |
Perfect
| I | have desiderated |
| you | have desiderated |
| he;she;it | have desiderated |
| we | have desiderated |
| you | have desiderated |
| they | have desiderated |
Imperfect
| I | desiderated |
| you | desiderated |
| he;she;it | desiderated |
| we | desiderated |
| you | desiderated |
| they | desiderated |
Pluperfect
| I | had desiderated |
| you | had desiderated |
| he;she;it | had desiderated |
| we | had desiderated |
| you | had desiderated |
| they | had desiderated |
Conditional
Present
| I | would desiderate |
| you | would desiderate |
| he;she;it | would desiderate |
| we | would desiderate |
| you | would desiderate |
| they | would desiderate |
Perfect
| I | would have desiderated |
| you | would have desiderated |
| he;she;it | would have desiderated |
| we | would have desiderated |
| you | would have desiderated |
| they | would have desiderated |
Imperative
| you | desiderate |
| we | Let's desiderate |
| you | desiderate |
Verbs conjugated like 'desiderate'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'desiderate'
defederate,
deliberate,
siderate,
considerate,
deaerate,
decelerate,
defibrate,
degenerate,
dehydrate,
dejerate,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Latin, from the participle stem of the verb dēsīderāre (“to desire”). The verb is a doublet of desire.
Sample Sentences
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Between our human nature and the nature they desiderate there is a deep and fordless river, over which they can throw no bridge, and all their talk supposes that we shall be able to fly or wade across it […] [1879, William Hurrell Mallock, Is Life Worth Living?:]
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it put him in thought of that missing link of creation’s chain desiderated by the late ingenious Mr Darwin. [1922, James Joyce, Ulysses:]