Bible Dictionaries
Wish

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(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.

(2):

(v. t.) To desire; to long for; to hanker after; to have a mind or disposition toward.

(3):

(v. t.) To have a desire or yearning; to long; to hanker.

(4):

(v. t.) To recommend; to seek confidence or favor in behalf of.

(5):

(n.) Desire; eager desire; longing.

(6):

(n.) Expression of desire; request; petition; hence, invocation or imprecation.

(7):

(n.) A thing desired; an object of desire.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Wish'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​w/wish.html. 1828.