Dictionary entry

Wish (3)

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Wish, n. 1. Desire; eager desire; longing.

Behold, I am according to thy wish in God a stead. Job xxxiii. 6.

2. Expression of desire; request; petition; hence, invocation or imprecation.

Blistered be thy tongue for such a wish. Shak.

3. A thing desired; an object of desire.

Will he, wise, let loose at once his ire...

To give his enemies their wish! Milton.