They did precisely what sceptical writers in recent years have Desiderated; they instituted a jealous examination of the affair.
"The Expositor's Bible: The Gospel of St. John, Vol. I"
Marcus Dods
But if the Desiderated exercise could be procured, the power of enforcing mental activity upon a prescribed subject would then remain, not in the possession of the child, but would be transferred to the teacher, at whose pleasure the mental cultivation of the pupil would proceed, whether he himself willed it or no.
"A Practical Enquiry into the Philosophy of Education"
James Gall
For an oracle, of course, he would have looked in another direction; but he Desiderated something more on a level with himself, and that they abundantly supplied.
"Callista"
John Henry Cardinal Newman