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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
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