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Wish

//wɪʃ// name, noun, verb

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.

    "There was Evans, and that marvel among actors, Wish, who is also a modest man. We had all come down to the Mermaid Club that Saturday morning, except Clayton, who had slept there overnight […]"

Noun
  1. 1
    A desire, hope, or longing for something or for something to happen.

    "It is my wish that the bequest (should) be given to an almshouse."

  2. 2
    the particular preference that you have wordnet
  3. 3
    An expression of such a desire, often connected with ideas of magic and supernatural power.

    "make a wish"

  4. 4
    (usually plural) a polite expression of desire for someone's welfare wordnet
  5. 5
    The thing desired or longed for.

    "My dearest wish is to see them happily married."

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  1. 6
    an expression of some desire or inclination wordnet
  2. 7
    A water meadow.
  3. 8
    a specific feeling of desire wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To desire; to want. transitive

    "I'll come tomorrow, if you wish (it)."

  2. 2
    invoke upon wordnet
  3. 3
    To hope (+ object clause with may or in present subjunctive). archaic, transitive

    "I wish he mean me well, that he takes so much pains!"

  4. 4
    order politely; express a wish for wordnet
  5. 5
    To hope (for a particular outcome), even if that outcome is unlikely to occur or cannot occur. intransitive

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

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  1. 6
    make or express a wish wordnet
  2. 7
    To bestow (a thought or gesture) towards (someone or something). ditransitive

    "We wish you a merry Christmas."

  3. 8
    feel or express a desire or hope concerning the future or fortune of wordnet
  4. 9
    To request or desire to do an activity. intransitive

    "Anyone who wishes to may leave now."

  5. 10
    to hope, to desire or to prefer to have something, or to do something wordnet
  6. 11
    To recommend; to seek confidence or favour on behalf of. transitive

    "I was wished to your worship by a gentleman."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English wisshen, wischen, wüschen, from Old English wȳsċan (“to wish”), from Proto-West Germanic *wunskijan, from Proto-Germanic *wunskijaną (“to wish”), from Proto-Indo-European *wenh₁- (“to wish, love”). Cognate with Scots wis (“to wish”), Saterland Frisian wonskje (“to wish”), West Frisian winskje (“to wish”), Dutch wensen (“to wish”), German wünschen (“to wish”), Luxembourgish wënschen (“to wish”), Yiddish ווינטשן (vintshn, “to wish”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål ønske (“to wish”), Faroese ynskja (“to wish, to desire”), Icelandic æskja, óska (“to wish”), Norwegian Nynorsk ønskja, ønskje, ønska, ønske, ynskja, ynskje (“to wish, to desire”), Swedish önska (“to wish”). Via PIE cognate with Latin Venus, veneror (“venerate, honour, love”), English wonder.

Etymology 2

From Middle English wisshen, wischen, wüschen, from Old English wȳsċan (“to wish”), from Proto-West Germanic *wunskijan, from Proto-Germanic *wunskijaną (“to wish”), from Proto-Indo-European *wenh₁- (“to wish, love”). Cognate with Scots wis (“to wish”), Saterland Frisian wonskje (“to wish”), West Frisian winskje (“to wish”), Dutch wensen (“to wish”), German wünschen (“to wish”), Luxembourgish wënschen (“to wish”), Yiddish ווינטשן (vintshn, “to wish”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål ønske (“to wish”), Faroese ynskja (“to wish, to desire”), Icelandic æskja, óska (“to wish”), Norwegian Nynorsk ønskja, ønskje, ønska, ønske, ynskja, ynskje (“to wish, to desire”), Swedish önska (“to wish”). Via PIE cognate with Latin Venus, veneror (“venerate, honour, love”), English wonder.

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