WISHED

Definition: WISHED

WISHED

Imperative & past participle

1. Of Wish

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Date "WISHED" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1200. (references)

Desire

Desideratum; want; (requirement); "a consummation devoutly to be wished "; attraction, magnet, allurement, fancy, temptation, seduction, fascination, prestige, height of one's ambition, idol; whim, whimsy, whimsey; maggot; hobby, hobby-horse.

Crosswords: WISHED

There was a time that I would have wished you dead but your shame shall be your torture and your torture will be your life (Seven Years in Tibet; writing credit: Becky Johnston)

I wished that I'd gone down instead of Spud (Trainspotting; writing credit: Irvine Welsh; John Hodge)

Those Monstars'd wished they'd been never born (Space Jam; writing credit: Leonardo Benvenuti; Steve Rudnick)

No. I wished for rollerblades (Liar Liar; writing credit: Paul Guay; Stephen Mazur)

Ah no, I never actually wished to get out of the cave (Aladdin; writing credit: Roger Allers; Ron Clements)

Of all the girls he wished she was (Flavor of the Weak; performing artist: American Hi-Fi)

And though you wished me well (Crying; performing artist: Don McLean)

Remember when Ronnie died and you said you wished it was me (Cleanin' Out My Closet; performing artist: Eminem)

I wished that I could fly away (Don't Know Why; performing artist: Norah Jones)

I can't believe that I believed I wished (The Great Beyond; performing artist: R.E.M.)

I wished the buck stopped here, as I could use a few. (references; author: unknown)

Which rich wicked witch wished the wicked wish? (references; author: unknown)

Which witch wished which wicked wish? (references; author: unknown)

I Wished on the Moon (1935)

The Fable of the Preacher Who Flew His Kite But Not Because He Wished to Do So (1916)

Wished on Mabel (1915)

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Books

• I Wished for a Unicorn (reference)

• Lord Rex, the lion who wished (reference)

• More Than You Wished (reference)

• Oh, How I Wished I Could Read! (reference)

• The Cat Who Wished to Be a Man (reference)

  (more book examples)

Music

• Everthing I Wished for (reference)

• I Wished on the Moon (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

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Figure 52. Thoulet sounder devised by Professor Julien Thoulet of the University of Nancy in 1908. This was a modification of the Belloc sounder that Professor Thoulet wished to make more portable and to have a lower cost. No information is available concerning the test and use of this machine. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

Figure 1. Hooke bottle, invented in 1663 by Robert Hooke, assistant to Robert Boyle, "Curator of Experiments" of the Royal Society. Although this sampling device probably never operated as wished, it is still considered the prototype ancestor of many types of water sampling devices. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

Measuring F Street in the National Capitol during the rush hours of the afternoon with a one foot rule, was the initiation stunt wished on this applicant for membership in a local college fraternity ... Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

I wished to see this done after the first world war, and I devoutly trust it may be done forthwith. ("Iron Curtain" Speech)

Their opponents, just as certainly, were antagonistic to both the letter and the spirit of the Amendments and wished them to have the most limited effect. (reference)

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She hardly wished to have more leisure for them

And he wished for my sake, he could see things as I did.

For he wished to challenge the Spirit on the moment of its appearance, and did not wish to be taken by surprise, and made nervous

Death was too definite an object to be wished for, or avoided

He had lost a good deal of time at Hesdin, he wished to make it up.

Had he spoken of himself, of himself as he was or wished to be

And each wished he could pick a guitar, because it is a gracious thing

It is only to be wished that they were as well executed

Moreover, when at the pond, I wished sometimes to add fish to my fare for variety

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Business

Ukrainian banks wished to expand client services, and the credit card market offered a good starting point. (references)

Civil Liberties

Eritrea

The deportees, if they wished, were placed in villages with friends or family. (references)

Nicaragua

On April 24, riot police dislodged protesters in Mulukuku who wished to have the area declared a municipality. (references)

Central African Republic

NGO's also negotiated with the Government to assure the safety of IDP's who wished to return to their homes in Bangui. (references)

Economic History

Sudan

A constitutional conference was tentatively planned for September 1989. The military government, which took over on June 30, 1989, however, repudiated the DUP/SPLA agreement and state it wished to negotiate with the SPLA without preconditions. (references)

Andorra

The fundamental impetus for this political transformation was a recommendation by the Council of Europe in 1990 that, if Andorra wished to attain full integration in the European Union (EU), it should adopt a modern constitution which guarantees the rights of those living and working there. (references)

Somalia

There also was substantial conflict between pro-Arab, pan-Somali militants intent on national unification with the Somali-inhabited territories in Ethiopia and Kenya and the "modernists," who wished to give priority to economic and social development and improving relations with other African countries. (references)

Human Rights

Philippines

Also targeted for assassination were Government informers and former rebels who wished to leave the NPA. (references)

Bangladesh

Authorities claimed that the women wished to be rehabilitated, but credible eyewitnesses stated that the women refused the offer. (references)

Guatemala

The SAE provided a copy to the Human Rights Ombudsman, who offered access to the database as a public service for those who wished to learn if their names appeared on the list. (references)

Minorities

Ukraine

A census was held in December and residents were permitted to declare any nationality they wished; the results were not available by year's end. (references)

Kyrgyz Republic

University education continued to be carried out largely in Russian (although Kyrgyz instruction was available in some departments in some universities where textbooks were available), so that Russian-language capability remained an important skill for those who wished to pursue higher learning. (references)

Political Economy

Australia

This effort followed an incident in August in which a Norwegian freighter carrying rescued individuals who wished to seek asylum was denied permission to land in the country after entering territorial waters around Christmas Island. (references)

Political Rights

Cambodia

Some political parties and election observers claim that the authorities did not do enough to ensure that all voters who wished to vote could register. (references)

Croatia

However, in 2000 the Government failed to ensure that many Croatian Serbs, who fled in 1995 and who wished to assume the responsibilities of Croatian citizenship, could document their Croatian citizenship in order to vote and ultimately to return. (references)

Worker Rights

Azerbaijan

Another NGO reported that families of young women had been approached by individuals claiming that visiting Iranian businessmen had seen their daughters and wished to marry them. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expression using "WISHED": wished for. Additional references.

Beginning with "WISHED": wished-for.

Ending with "WISHED": half-wished.

Containing "WISHED": long-wished-for.

Arabic 

‏مطلوب (demand, desire, desired, in demand, in request, required, sought after, wanted, wish, wished for), ‏مرغوب (coveted, demand, desirable, desired, in demand, in request, sought after, wished for), ‏مبتغي (wished for). (various references)

Chinese 

祝愿 (Wishing). (various references)

Finnish

toivottu (desired, hoped-for, wished-for), ikävöity (longed for, wished for). (various references)

French

désirés, désirées, désirée, désirâmes, désira. (various references)

German

gewünscht (desired, required, wanted). (various references)

Hungarian

kívánatos volna (it is to be wished that). (various references)

Italian

desiderato (desideratum, desired, desires, welcome). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

欲しい　 (desired, in need of, wanted, wished for), 欲しい (desired, in need of, wanted, wished for). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

ほしい (desired, dried boiled rice used mainly as provisions of samurai troops and travelers, in need of, wanted, wished for). (various references)

Korean 

�"라�". (various references)

Pig Latin

ishedway.(various references)

Romanian

râvnit (coveted, wished for). (various references)

Spanish

deseado (desired, wanted). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations

Words ending with "WISHED": outwished, swished, unwished. (additional references)

Misspellings

"WISHED" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: ished, Weihsien, wisha, wishd, wishe, wisked, wisted, woshe. (additional references)

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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: hides, shied, whids, wides, wised.

-2 letters: dews, dies, dish, edhs, hews, hide, hied, hies, ides, shed, shew, side, weds, whid, wide, wise, wish.

-3 letters: dew, die, dis, edh, eds, hes, hew, hid, hie, his, ids, sei, sew, she, wed, wis.

-4 letters: de, ed, eh, es, he, hi, id, is, sh, si, we.

+1 letter: howdies, swished, whished, whisked, whisted.

+2 letters: cowhides, dishware, rawhides, shrewdie, sideshow, switched, unwished, whimsied, whishted, whistled.

+3 letters: dishtowel, dishwares, dishwater, hardwires, headwinds, hideaways, inswathed, outwished, richweeds, shadowier, shrewdies, sideshows, swineherd, swithered, wampished, whipsawed, whiskered, whispered, wifehoods, worshiped.

+4 letters: chainsawed, chickweeds, crawfished, dishtowels, dishwasher, dishwaters, dowitchers, handwrites, lowliheads, midwatches, rainwashed, sandwiched, sandwiches, shadowiest, shadowlike, swineherds, wardenship, whiteheads, whitewoods, windhovers, windshield, witchweeds, worshipped.