Definition of "wish'd" []

• Simple past tense and past participle of wish. (verb)

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• "Your townsmen certainly act with a spirit which does them great honour; and the prospect of your continuing your trade for the support of your children is what I most ardently wish'd for."
• "It is highly curious to find that he has retaind the high and partial praise bestow'd on me by my Brother 'that he never knew my fellow for mildness of disposition &c &c, and yet wish'd a postscript to be printed in the same preface, in direct opposition to any such statement?"
• "Forty of fifty pounds out of whatever may be left in Clements Lane in my name, would enable me to return to Bedfordshire with a tolerable grace, and give me the solid satisfaction of having accomplished at least as much as I wish'd, and more than"