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A desire, hope, or longing for something or for something to happen.
(coi)
(quote-video game)
An expression of such a desire, often connected with ideas of magic and supernatural power.
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The thing desired or longed for.
(ux)
{{quote-text|en|year=1901|author=W. W. Jacobs|title=The Monkey's Paw
A meadow.
To desire; to want.
(quote-web)
(RQ:Shakespeare Tempest)
{{quote-text|en|year=1716|author=Jonathan Swift|title=Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift/Volume 7/Phyllis, or the Progress of Love|Phyllis, or the Progress of Love
(quote-book)| passage=Yesterday, upon the stair / I met a man who wasn’t there / He wasn’t there again today / I wish, I wish he’d go away …
To hope (+ object clause with (m) or in present subjunctive).
(RQ:Richardson Clarissa)
1808, (w), letter, 1 October:
- She hears that Miss Bigg is to be married in a fortnight. I wish it may be so.
To hope (for a particular outcome), even if that outcome is unlikely to occur or cannot occur.
{{quote-text|en|year=1727|author=John Arbuthnot|title=Tables of Ancient Coins, Weights and Measures
To bestow (a thought or gesture) towards (someone or something).
(RQ:Shakespeare Macbeth)
(RQ:KJV)
(quote-journal)
To recommend; to seek confidence or favour on behalf of.
{{RQ:Jonson Alchemist
(RQ:Shakespeare Taming of the Shrew)