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Pronunciation : Wish
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [OE. wischen, weschen, wuschen, AS. w; akin to D. wenschen, G. w?nschen, Icel. ?eskja, Dan. ?nske, Sw. ?nska; from AS. w a wish; akin to OD. & G. wunsch, OHG. wunsc, Icel. , Skr. va a wish, va to wish; also to Skr. van to like, to wish. Winsome, Win,
Definition : 1. To have a desire or yearning; to long; to hanker. They cast four anchors out of the stern, and wished for the day. Acts xxvii. 29. This is as good an argument as an antiquary could wish for. Arbuthnot.

i. [imp. & p. p. Wished; p. pr. & vb. n. Wishing.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Wish
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : 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. Shak. I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper. 3. John 2.

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. Shak. I wish it may not prove some ominous foretoken of misfortune to have met with such a miser as I am. Sir P. Sidney. Let them be driven backward, and put to shame, that wish me evil. Ps. xl. 14.

3. To recommend; to seek confidence or favor in behalf of. [Obs.] Shak. I would be glad to thrive, sir, And I was wished to your worship by a gentleman. B. Jonson.

Syn. -- See Desire.

t.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Wish
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : 1. Desire; eager desire; longing. Behold, I am according to thy wish in God a stead. Job xxxiii. 6.

2. Expression of desire; request; petition; hence, invocation or imprecation. Blistered be thy tongue for such a wish. Shak.

3. A thing desired; an object of desire. Will he, wise, let loose at once his ire . . . To give his enemies their wish! Milton.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913