LekhoriLekhoriA desire, hope, or longing for something or for something to happen.
It is my wish that the bequest (should) be given to an almshouse.
An expression of such a desire, often connected with ideas of magic and supernatural power.
make a wish
The thing desired or longed for.
My dearest wish is to see them happily married.
To desire; to want.
I'll come tomorrow, if you wish (it).
A surname.
There was Evans, and that marvel among actors, Wish, who is also a modest man. We had all come down to the Mermaid Club that Saturday morning, except Clayton, who had slept there overnight […]
From Middle English wisshen, wischen, wüschen, from Old English wȳsċan (“to wish”), from Proto-West Germanic *wunskijan, from Proto-Germanic *wunskijaną (“to wish”), from Proto-Indo-European *wenh₁- (...
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To hope (+ object clause with may or in present subjunctive).
I wish he mean me well, that he takes so much pains!
To hope (for a particular outcome), even if that outcome is unlikely to occur or cannot occur.
This is as good an argument as an antiquary could wish for.