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Born to have endless desire (3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

nee

'born' is the definition.
('nee' is 'born' in French)

'endless desire' is the wordplay.
'endless' means to remove the last letter.
'desire' becomes 'need' (needing is a kind of desiring).
'need' with its final letter taken away is 'NEE'.

'to have' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for nee that I've seen before include "(Of married woman) born (with name)" , "Used to show a married woman's single name" , "Born as (former name)" , "Born (female)" , "Adjective denoting woman's name before marriage" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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