to desire after, long for, wish for SN.i.140, SN.i.198 (Nibbānaṃ); Ja.ii.428; Ja.iv.10, Ja.iv.241; Vv-a.38, Vv-a.283; Thag-a.244
pp abhikaṅkhita. Cp. BSk abhikānkṣati, e.g. Jtm.p.221.

abhi + kankhati