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wished |
1 definition found 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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