wishing
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 14
- Words With Friends
- 15
- Letters
- 7
/ˈwɪʃɪŋ/
Definition of wishing
2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
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(form-of, gerund)gerund 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.”
“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!”
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noun
-
(form-of, gerund)gerund 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.”
“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!”
verb
- (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of wish
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Etymology
From wish + -ing.
Words you can make from wishing
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