wish

1. (transitive) To desire; to want.Examples: "I'll come tomorrow, if you wish (it)."; "I wish it to be known that I wish them all to leave the company."; "Anyone who wishes an aisle seat should see an attendant."transitive

2. (transitive, now rare) To hope (+ object clause with may or in present subjunctive).Examples: "I wish he mean me well, that he takes so much pains!"; "She hears that Miss Bigg is to be married in a fortnight. I wish it may be so."archaictransitive

3. (intransitive, followed by for) To hope (for a particular outcome), even if that outcome is unlikely to occur or cannot occur.Examples: "This is as good an argument as an antiquary could wish for."; "Mr. White took the paw from his pocket and eyed it dubiously. "I don't know what to wish for, and that's a fact," he said slowly. "It seems to me I've got all I want.""; "I wish I could go back in time and teach myself what I know now."intransitive

4. (ditransitive) To bestow (a thought or gesture) towards (someone or something).Examples: "We wish you a merry Christmas."; "I would not wish them to a fairer death."; "Let them be driven backward, and put to shame, that wish me evil."ditransitive

5. (intransitive, followed by to and an infinitive) To request or desire to do an activity.Examples: "Anyone who wishes to may leave now."; "Energy has seldom been found where we need it when we want it. Ancient nomads, wishing to ward off the evening chill and enjoy a meal around a campfire, had to collect wood and then spend time and effort coaxing the heat of friction out from between sticks to kindle a flame. With more settled people, animals were harnessed to capstans or caged in treadmills to turn grist into meal."intransitive

6. (transitive) To recommend; to seek confidence or favour on behalf of.Examples: "I was wished to your worship by a gentleman."; "Farewell: yet for the loue I beare my sweet Bianca, if I can by any meanes light on a fit man to teach her that wherein she delights, I will wish him to her father."transitive