wishing

Etymology

verb

  1. present participle and gerund of wish

noun

  1. The act of making a wish.
    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

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