wished, ppl. a.
(wɪʃt, poet. also ˈwɪʃɪd)
[f. wish v. + -ed1.]
1. That is the object of a wish; desired, longed-for. Now rare exc. as in b.
| 15.. Fickle Estate of Our Vncertayn Lyfe (MS. Rawl. poet. 112, lf. 10 b), What if a day or A moneth or a yeare Crowne thy delightes with a thowsand wisht contentinges? 1577 Grange Golden Aphrod. etc. P iv b, So friendly Venus is, so friendly Cupid was, That fancie brought hir soone, vnto my wisshed passe. 1583 B. Melbancke Philotimus C c iij, My wished frend, and welcomde guest. 1602 Marston Antonio's Rev. iii. ii, We touch the shore Of wisht revenge. 1667 Milton P.L. i. 208 While Night Invests the Sea, and wished Morn delayes. 1748 Richardson Clarissa VII. lxii. 221 At length..every thing is in the wished train. 1811 W. R. Spencer Poems 17 Oh! why so late thy wish'd return? 1812 Cary Dante, Par. xxiii. 4 The bird..With her sweet brood; impatient to descry Their wished looks. 1906 C. Mansfield Girl & Gods xxvii, Psyche..held out her hand in token of a wished farewell. |
b. with for: cf. wish v. 2 a.
| 1586 T. B. La Primaud. Fr. Acad. i. 1 The wished-for newes of peace. 1725 Ramsay Gentle Sheph. iii. iv, When wished-for pleasures rise like morning light. 1812 Byron Ch. Har. i. xlv, Yet is she free—the spoiler's wish'd-for prey! 1888 Burgon Lives 12 Gd. Men I. i. 32 [They] declared their inability to render America the wished for assistance. |
2. Entertained as a wish: cf. wish v. 2 c. rare.
| 1580 Lyly Euphues (Arb.) 467 Hauing thus made ech other priuie to our wished desires. |