Wish
[wɪʃ]
Definition
(noun.) the particular preference that you have; 'it was his last wish'; 'they should respect the wishes of the people'.
(noun.) an expression of some desire or inclination; 'I could tell that it was his wish that the guests leave'; 'his crying was an indirect request for attention'.
(noun.) a specific feeling of desire; 'he got his wish'; 'he was above all wishing and desire'.
(verb.) invoke upon; 'wish you a nice evening'; 'bid farewell'.
(verb.) order politely; express a wish for.
(verb.) make or express a wish; 'I wish that Christmas were over'.
(verb.) hope for; have a wish; 'I wish I could go home now'.
(verb.) feel or express a desire or hope concerning the future or fortune of.
(verb.) prefer or wish to do something; 'Do you care to try this dish?'; 'Would you like to come along to the movies?'.
Typed by Jerry--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) To have a desire or yearning; to long; to hanker.
(v. t.) To desire; to long for; to hanker after; to have a mind or disposition toward.
(v. t.) 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.
(v. t.) To recommend; to seek confidence or favor in behalf of.
(n.) Desire; eager desire; longing.
(n.) Expression of desire; request; petition; hence, invocation or imprecation.
(n.) A thing desired; an object of desire.
Typed by Abe
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. n. Desire, long, hanker, list.
v. a. Desire, long for, hanker after, set one's heart upon.
n. Desire, mind, longing, hankering, liking.
Typed by Clyde
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Desire, long_for, yearn, hanker, covet, crave,[See COVET]
Editor: Segre
Definition
v.i. to have a desire: to long (so in B.): to be inclined.—v.t. to desire or long for: to ask: to invoke: (Shak.) to recommend.—n. desire longing: thing desired: expression of desire.—n. Wish′er.—adj. Wish′ful having a wish or desire: eager.—adv. Wish′fully.—ns. Wish′fulness; Wish′ing-bone Wish′-bone the furcula or merrythought of a fowl; Wish′ing-cap a cap by wearing which one obtains everything he wishes.
Checker: Nellie
Examples
- I wish to express my gratitude also to Miss Florence Bonnet for aid in the correction of the manuscript. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Certainly, if you wish it. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- Dear Mr. Traddles and dear Trotwood, papa once free with honour, what could I wish for! Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- I wish, Mr. Yeobright, you could give me something to keep that once belonged to her--if you don't mind. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- How earnestly did she then wish that her former opinions had been more reasonable, her expressions more moderate! Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- And on whose behalf, he said, do you wish to do this? Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- Mrs. Bulstrode did not wish to go nearer to the facts than in the phrase make some amends; knowing that her husband must understand her. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- I don't see why you shouldn't like me to know that you wished to do me a service, my dear fellow. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- She had provided a plentiful dinner for them; she wished she could know that they had been allowed to eat it. Jane Austen. Emma.
- Yes, but you won't do it, answered Laurie, who wished to make up, but felt that his outraged dignity must be appeased first. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- All wished Miss Abbey good-night and Miss Abbey wished good-night to all, except Riderhood. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- He wished, too, that the officers should be appointed altogether by himself, and not be nominated by the people, as the bill had proposed. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- His mother wished to interest him in political concerns, to get him into parliament, or to see him connected with some of the great men of the day. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- Besides, I wished to touch no deep-thrilling chord--to open no fresh well of emotion in his heart: my sole present aim was to cheer him. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- The marriage was scarcely in accord with the old man's wishes, for the bandmaster's pockets were as light as his occupation. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Our conscious thoughts, observations, wishes, aversions are important, because they represent inchoate, nascent activities. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Elinor submitted to the arrangement which counteracted her wishes with less reluctance than she had expected to feel. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- Do so, as he wishes it, I said to Herbert. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Quite enough to accomplish my wishes. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Fanny acknowledged her wishes and doubts on this point: she did not know how either to wear the cross, or to refrain from wearing it. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- He is the land-lord of the house my father wishes to take in Crampton. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- Miss Volumnia with a third little scream takes flight, wishing her hosts--O Lud! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Burke, now:--when I think of Burke, I can't help wishing somebody had a pocket-borough to give you, Ladislaw. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- You have a reason, Walter, for wishing her to know of her husband's death besides the reason you have just mentioned? Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- As to wishing, my dear Ladislaw, I have the highest opinion of your powers, you know. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- But I am grateful to you for wishing to do the best for me. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- And at his side let us place the just man in his nobleness and simplicity, wishing, as Aeschylus says, to be and not to seem good. Plato. The Republic.
- Mr. Brooke came for his umbrella, began Meg, wishing that Mr. Brooke and the umbrella were safely out of the house. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
Typist: Nola