desire (1 S. affords late exx. of this construction)
1.
to request the boon or favour “of” something from (a
person) MND. III. i. 189, 197 (Qq “you of,” Ff “of you”),
Mer.V. IV. i. 403
“ your Grace of
pardon,”
AYL. V. iv. 56; with
“of” dropped
MND. III. i. 204
“I desire you more
acquaintance”
(so Qq Ff1
2; Ff3 4
“your more”).
2.
to invite
LLL. V. ii. 145
“if they us to 't,”
H5 IV. i. 27
“ them
all to my pavilion,”
Troil. IV. v.
149.
