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Wishing

Wishing \Wish"ing\, a. & n. from Wish, v. t.

Wishing bone. See Wishbone.

Wishing cap, a cap fabled to give one whatever he wishes for when wearing it.

Wishing

Wish \Wish\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Wished; p. pr. & vb. n. Wishing.] [OE. wischen, weschen, wuschen, AS. w?scan; akin to D. wenschen, G. w["u]nschen, Icel. [ae]eskja, Dan. ["o]nske, Sw. ["o]nska; from AS. w?sc a wish; akin to OD. & G. wunsch, OHG. wunsc, Icel. ?sk, Skr. v[=a]?ch[=a] a wish, v[=a]?ch to wish; also to Skr. van to like, to wish. ?. See Winsome, Win, v. t., and cf. Wistful.] 1. To have a desire or yearning; to long; to hanker.

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.

Wiktionary
wishing

n. The act of making a wish. vb. (present participle of wish English)

WordNet
wishing

n. a specific feeling of desire; "he got his wish"; "he was above all wishing and desire" [syn: wish, want]

Wikipedia
Wishing (If I Had a Photograph of You)

"Wishing (If I Had a Photograph of You)" is a 1982 song by A Flock of Seagulls, the opening song and only hit single from their second album Listen. The song exemplifies "synth-pop's spaced-out loneliness" and yearning for imagined absent lovers, and is noted for its Wall of Sound-styled layer of synthesizer padding – a "multi-layered, hypnotic song", according to AllMusic.

Unlike the band's 1982 hit " I Ran (So Far Away)", largely a United States and Australian hit, "Wishing" performed strongly in Great Britain and reached the Top 10; in the US it reached the top 30 on the U.S. Billboard charts in summer 1983. In South Africa, it was enormously popular, reaching the no. 8 position.

Wishing

Wishing may refer to:

  • The word wish
  • Wishing well
Wishing (Martine McCutcheon album)

Wishing is the second solo album by English actress-singer Martine McCutcheon. It was released in November 2000 and peaked at #25 in the UK Albums Chart.

Two singles were lifted from the album, both of which charted in the Top 10 of the UK Singles Chart. "I'm Over You" peaked at #2 on 4 November 2000 and " On the Radio", a cover of the 1979 Donna Summer song, charted at #7 in February 2001. Plans for a third single were scrapped when McCutcheon won the lead role in the West End production of My Fair Lady in early 2001.

Wishing (A Flock of Seagulls album)

Wishing is a compilation album by new wave band A Flock of Seagulls, released in 1996.

Wishing (Everclear song)
  1. redirect Invisible Stars

Category:2012 songs Category:Everclear (band) songs

Wishing (DJ Drama song)

"Wishing" is a song by American hip hop recording artist DJ Drama. It was released for digital download on May 2, 2016 as the lead single from upcoming fifth studio album Quality Street Music 2 (2016). The song features vocals American singers Chris Brown, Skeme and Lyquin.

Usage examples of "wishing".

Though I do not repent of my amorous exploits, I am far from wishing that my example should serve for the perversion of the fair sex, who have so many claims on my homage.

However, she saw that I did not back her up, and began to weep, then kissed me again and again, and just as she was going to sit down, worn out with fatigue and despair, I went off, wishing them a pleasant journey, and telling Irene we should meet again.

I felt very tired, and having nothing to keep me after seeing Mariuccia, I begged the company to excuse me, and after wishing them a good appetite I left them.

When we had done, the woman came up, gave her a packet, and went away again, wishing us good night.

It was near the Exchange, and the neighborhood swarmed with young men who came to dine on the first floor of the house, and did their best to cure me of my sadness, as they called it, though I had not shewn any signs of wishing to be cured.

Catherine II, wishing to shew herself to her new subjects, over whom she was in reality supreme, though she had put the ghost of a king in the person of Stanislas Poniatowski, her former favourite, on the throne of Poland, came to Riga, and it was then I saw this great sovereign for the first time.

The cousin came up to us, and Don Diego, after making a few remarks, left us on the balcony, wishing us a good night.

She may be endowed with many virtues, but she has not the only one which could prevent me from wishing the reward which every man expects to receive at the hands of the woman he loves.

He put the rope as best he could upon his thighs, but wishing to take off his hat, which was in his way, he took hold of it awkwardly, and it was soon dancing from plate to plate to join the packet of linen in the gutter.

I was curious to see who it could be, and not wishing to speak before I knew her, I had the patience to wait till she lifted her mask, and this occurred at the end of an hour.

She did not let go my hands till we got to the corner of their street, when the mother called out to the coachman to stop, not wishing to give her neighbours occasion for slander by stopping in front of their own house.

She wrote to me that, objecting to give an account of her affairs to her confessor, and yet not wishing to tell him falsehoods, she had made up her mind to tell him nothing.

She opened it, and when she had moved a sliding plank I saw a door through which we entered a pretty closet furnished with everything necessary to a person wishing to pass a few hours there.

I stretched my arm towards the icy hand, seizing it to make certain of the fact in all its atrocity, and wishing to get up, I rose upon my left elbow, and found that I had got hold of my other hand.

There was a good deal of laughter at my expense, and I let them laugh, as I felt certain that the whole thing had been contrived to turn me into derision, and wishing to make Esther love me I thought it best to stimulate a good temper.