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    Wish , v. i. [imp. & p. p. Wished ; p. pr. & vb. n. Wishing.] [OE. wischen, weschen, wuschen, AS. wscan; akin to D. wenschen, G. wünschen, Icel. æeskja, Dan. önske, Sw. önska; from AS. wsc a wish; akin to OD. & G. wunsch, OHG. wunsc, Icel. sk, Skr. vāchā a wish, vāch to wish; also to Skr. van to like, to wish. .  See Winsome, Win, v. t., and cf. Wistful.]
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    1. To have a desire or yearning; to long; to hanker.
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      They cast four anchors out of the stern, and wished for the day.
      Acts xxvii. 29.

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      This is as good an argument as an antiquary could wish for.
      Arbuthnot.

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    Wish , v. t.
    1. To desire; to long for; to hanker after; to have a mind or disposition toward.
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      I would not wish
      Any companion in the world but you.
      Shak.

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      I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper.
      3. John 2.

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    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.
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      I would not wish them to a fairer death.
      Shak.

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      I wish it may not prove some ominous foretoken of misfortune to have met with such a miser as I am.
      Sir P. Sidney.

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      Let them be driven backward, and put to shame, that wish me evil.
      Ps. xl. 14.

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    3. To recommend; to seek confidence or favor in behalf of.  [Obs.]
      Shak.

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      I would be glad to thrive, sir,
      And I was wished to your worship by a gentleman.
      B. Jonson.

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      Syn. -- See Desire.
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    Wish, n.
    1. Desire; eager desire; longing.
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      Behold, I am according to thy wish in God a stead.
      Job xxxiii. 6.

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

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    3. A thing desired; an object of desire.
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      Will he, wise, let loose at once his ire . . . 
      To give his enemies their wish!
      Milton.

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