Wish \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. --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}.
Wish \Wish\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Wished}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Wishing}.] [OE. wischen, weschen, wuschen, AS. w?scan; akin to D. wenschen, G. w["u]nschen, Icel. [ae]eskja, Dan. ["o]nske, Sw. ["o]nska; from AS. w?sc a wish; akin to OD. & G. wunsch, OHG. wunsc, Icel. ?sk, Skr. v[=a]?ch[=a] a wish, v[=a]?ch to wish; also to Skr. van to like, to wish. ?. See {Winsome}, {Win}, v. t., and cf. {Wistful}.] 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.
Wish \Wish\, n. 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.
And I wish him now Godspeed.
It would help farmers who built up a valuable property from nothing and who now wish to retire, homeowners whose financial gains on a property sale exceed the deductible limit, entrepreneurs who created value out of an idea.
I wish I had an award or something though.
Vietnamese leaders said they falsified the date of Ho Chi Minh's death and changed portions of his will, putting the leader's body on display in a glass mausoleum when his initial wish was to be cremated.
The senators may, if they wish, stick their heads in the sand of SALT II, but they shouldn't complain too loudly if the president or the public doesn't join them.
However, it appeared possible that Mr. Buchi might not wish to continue, or that General Pinochet might seek a minister less committed to fiscal austerity.
Trump issued a two-sentence statement saying: "I wish Ivana the best.
"I personally did not wish to sell.
"Sweetheart," Mona gushed, "your wish is my command."
But I wish he and his mentor, Sir Alan Walters, would read my actual words carefully before going up in flames.
You may wish to consider (or to discuss with your solicitor) the situation which might arise if you were to die before the loan is repaid.
But an official outside the Pentagon who is familiar with the inventory situation says simply: "I wish we had more Patriots." And retired Gen.
NEW YORK (AP) - For all those Kremlin rockers screaming "I want my MTV!" their wish has com true.
Laugh if you wish, but I have turned pages for my wife, who plays the piano at small musicals here in town.
He also argues that the U.S. should stop trying to dictate to other nations: "Japan, Germany and other industrial nations have the right to guide their own monetary and fiscal policies as they wish."
Since the government has tightened the capping rules to curb high spenders, many councils will be unable to increase their spending next year even if they wish to.
If they wish to communicate vital information rapidly, they speak English.
They point to nationalism - the wish to retain a particular industry in a country -and sensitivity to national defence interests as two factors that may act as a brake on restructuring.
Israel estimates that some 400,000 Soviet Jews wish to leave.
'I only wish there was some way I could spare Nancy from this painful experience,' he said.
Candidates can make another wish if the first one is rejected.
And if it's humanly possible, the agency will grant her wish.
The saddest and sickest part of this whole thing is that the actual victims here are the kids." While America marks the 20th anniversary of man's landing on the moon, NASA has on its wish list a permanent scientific lunar outpost early next century.
I can't afford to poison the well." The government also is beginning to require farmers on hilly land to adopt conservation techniques if they wish to continue receiving price-support payments.
Indeed, organizers of the 1988 summit in Toronto told Houston planners that they wish they had done more to capitalize on the affair when they had the chance.
"It was the wish of his wife Eliette Mouret and his daughters, Isabelle and Arabelle, that the ceremony be held without a furor in a small circle of relatives and friends," the spokesman said.
Let them comment on that as they wish." A spokesman for Britain's opposition Labor Party said Zamyatin delivered a personal message from Gorbachev to Kinnock, who had been scheduled to visit Moscow for talks on Jan. 16.
"We don't have a wish of revenge, but of truth and justice," he said Friday.
As we wish good luck to the changes occurring in the Soviet Union, I hope they wish us good luck.
As we wish good luck to the changes occurring in the Soviet Union, I hope they wish us good luck.