Thesaurus: wish

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1. v. t. To have a desire or yearning; to long; to hanker.
2. v. t. To desire; to long for; to hanker after; to have a mind or disposition toward.
3. 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.
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.
8. n. a specific feeling of desire
9. n. an expression of some desire or inclination
10. n. (usually plural) a polite expression of desire for someone's welfare
11. n. the particular preference that you have
12. v. to hope, to desire or to prefer to have something, or to do something