Wish /(?)/

imp. & p. p. Wished; p. pr. & vb. n. 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.

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.

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!