wishing
noun
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Pronunciation: /ˈwɪʃɪŋ/
noun
Etymology: Etymology tree English wish Proto-Germanic *-ungō Old English -ung Middle English -ynge English -ing English wishing From wish + -ing.
- gerund of wish (“the act of making a wish”)
“All that happeneth by wyſſhynge, is none of thine. As who ſhuld ſay what ſo euer cõmeth vnto the [thee] by thyne owne traueile and induſtrie that only counte thyne owne.”
“Discourse there was none; only exclamations and interjections, and wishings, wishings, wishings that Bessy were but his own for ever — his dear, dear little wife, as assuredly one day she should be!”
verb
Etymology: Etymology tree English wish Proto-Germanic *-ungō Old English -ung Middle English -ynge English -ing English wishing From wish + -ing.
- present participle and gerund of wish