wishing

plural wishings

1. gerundgerund 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.

   1539, Publius [i.e., Publilius Syrus], “Mimi Publiani, that is to Saye, Quicke and Sentenciouse Verses or Meters of Publius. With the Interpretacion and Brief Scholyes of Richarde Tauerner.”, in Erasmus, translated by Richard Taverner, Proverbes or Adagies with Newe Addicions Gathered out of the Chiliades of Erasmus […], London: […] Ricardum Bances, →OCLC, signature A.j., recto

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   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!

   1852, Chambers's Papers for the People, volumes 9-10, page 167

1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of wish