WISENESS
Wise"ness, n.
Defn: Wisdom. [Obs.] Spenser.
WISH Wish, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Wished; p. pr. & vb. n. Wishing.] Etym: [OE. wischen, weschen, wuschen, AS. w; akin to D. wenschen, G. wünschen, Icel. æeskja, Dan. önske, Sw. önska; from AS. w a wish; akin to OD. & G. wunsch, OHG. wunsc, Icel. , Skr. va a wish, va to wish; also to Skr. van to like, to wish. 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, 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, n.