v. i. | 1. | |
1. | To have a desire or yearning; to long; to hanker. | |
v. t. | 1. | To desire; to long for; to hanker after; to have a mind or disposition toward. |
2. | To frame or express desires concerning; to invoke in favor of, or against, any one; to attribute, or cal down, in desire; to invoke; to imprecate. | |
3. | To recommend; to seek confidence or favor in behalf of. | |
n. | 1. | Desire; eager desire; longing. |
2. | Expression of desire; request; petition; hence, invocation or imprecation. | |
3. | A thing desired; an object of desire. |