De*sil"ver (?), v. t. To deprive of silver; as, to desilver lead.
De*sil`ver*i*za"tion (?), n. The act or the process of freeing from silver; also, the condition resulting from the removal of silver.
De*sil"ver*ize (?), v. t. To deprive, or free from, silver; to remove silver from.
Des"i*nence (?), n. [Cf. F. désinence.] Termination; ending. Bp. Hall.
Des"i*nent (?), a. [L. desinens, p. pr. of desinere, desitum, to leave off, cease; de- + sinere to let, allow.] Ending; forming an end; lowermost. [Obs.] "Their desinent parts, fish." B. Jonson.
Des`i*nen"tial (?), a. [Cf. F. désinentiel.] Terminal.
Furthermore, b, as a desinential element, has a dynamic function.
Fitzed. Hall.
De*sip"i*ent (?), a. [L. desipiens, p. pr. of desipere to be foolish; de- + sapere to be wise.] Foolish; silly; trifling. [R.]
De*sir`a*bil"i*ty, n. The state or quality of being desirable; desirableness.
De*sir"a*ble (?), a. [F. désirable, fr. L. desiderabilis. See Desire, v. t.] Worthy of desire or longing; fitted to excite desire or a wish to possess; pleasing; agreeable.
All of them desirable young men.
Ezek. xxiii. 12.
As things desirable excite
Desire, and objects move the appetite.
Blackmore.
De*sir"a*ble*ness, n. The quality of being desirable.
The desirableness of the Austrian alliance.
Froude.
De*sir"a*bly, adv. In a desirable manner.
De*sire" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Desired (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Desiring.] [F. désirer, L. desiderare, origin uncertain, perh. fr. de- + sidus star, constellation, and hence orig., to turn the eyes from the stars. Cf. Consider, and Desiderate, and see Sidereal.] 1. To long for; to wish for earnestly; to covet.
Neither shall any man desire thy land.
Ex. xxxiv. 24.
Ye desire your child to live.
Tennyson.