Wish v. i. [imp. & p. p. Wished p. pr. & vb. n. Wishing.]
  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.