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Wish   /wɪʃ/   Listen
verb
Wish  v. t.  
1.
To desire; to long for; to hanker after; to have a mind or disposition toward. "I would not wish Any companion in the world but you." "I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper."
2.
To frame or express desires concerning; to invoke in favor of, or against, any one; to attribute, or cal down, in desire; to invoke; to imprecate. "I would not wish them to a fairer death." "I wish it may not prove some ominous foretoken of misfortune to have met with such a miser as I am." "Let them be driven backward, and put to shame, that wish me evil."
3.
To recommend; to seek confidence or favor in behalf of. (Obs.) "I would be glad to thrive, sir, And I was wished to your worship by a gentleman."
Synonyms: See Desire.


Wish  v. i.  (past & past part. wished; pres. part. wishing)  
1.
To have a desire or yearning; to long; to hanker. "They cast four anchors out of the stern, and wished for the day." "This is as good an argument as an antiquary could wish for."


noun
Wish  n.  
1.
Desire; eager desire; longing. "Behold, I am according to thy wish in God a stead."
2.
Expression of desire; request; petition; hence, invocation or imprecation. "Blistered be thy tongue for such a wish."
3.
A thing desired; an object of desire. "Will he, wise, let loose at once his ire... To give his enemies their wish!"





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"Wish" Quotes from Famous Books



... occurrence of this case, it was cited as one of the most convincing proofs upon record of the prevalence of witchcraft. When men wish to construct or support a theory, how they torture facts into their service! The lying whimsies of a few sick children, encouraged by foolish parents, and drawn out by superstitious neighbours, were sufficient to set a country in a flame. If, instead of commissioners as deeply sunk ...
— Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds • Charles Mackay
... 'I wish they taught magic at school,' Jane sighed. 'I believe if we could do a little magic it might ...
— The Phoenix and the Carpet • E. Nesbit
... of this island," observed he, as we walked along; "it is more than four hundred years since it was first inhabited, by the crew of a French vessel, which was lost in the Northern Ocean. But I do not wish to leave it. I was cast on it in a whale boat, when separated from the ship in a snow-storm, about twenty-five years ago. I am now a married man, with a family, and am considered one of the wealthiest inhabitants of the island, for I possess between ...
— The Pacha of Many Tales • Captain Frederick Marryat
... relations and conjectures I formerly made of that body, is a matter very difficult to be determined. But indeed, in this description, the Excellent Piso has not been sufficiently particular in the setting down the whole process, as it were to be wish'd: There are indeed very odd progresses in the production of several kinds of Insects, which are not less instructive then pleasant, several of which, the diligent Goedartius has carefully observ'd ...
— Micrographia • Robert Hooke
... are asked to take a cup of tea, in the steam cars, in the shops and by the wayside. A Japanese told me that he could tell whether a person was educated or not by the manner in which he drank tea. They take lessons in tea drinking as we do in any accomplishment we wish to acquire. One friend could not resist buying tea pots and pretty cups; she had a grand collection after ...
— An Ohio Woman in the Philippines • Emily Bronson Conger


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