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.
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.
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.