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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Wish \Wish\, verb (used without an object) [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}, verb (used with an object), 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.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Wishing \Wish"ing\, a. & n. from {Wish}, verb (used with an object)
{Wishing bone}. See {Wishbone}.
{Wishing cap}, a cap fabled to give one whatever he wishes for when wearing it.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
wishing
noun: a specific feeling of desire; "he got his wish"; "he was above all wishing and desire" [syn: {wish}, {want}]
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