ほっする

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of ほっする – see the following entry.

【欲する】 [verb] [from 720] to want, to desire [verb] [from 1104] (literary) in the form んと欲す (-n to hossu) (after the 未然形 (mizenkei, “incomplete form”) of a verb): to attempt to

(This term, ほっする (hossuru), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)