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.

Wish (?), v. t. 1. To desire; to long for; to hanker after; to have a

mind or disposition toward.