单词 | unwish |
释义 | unwishv. 1. transitive. To retract, cancel, or abrogate (a wish, choice, etc.). ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > reversal of or forsaking one's will or purpose > reverse or abandon one's purpose or intention [verb (transitive)] > recant or retract to call againc1390 repealc1390 revokec1390 replyc1425 renounce1446 renayc1450 unsay1483 manswear1502 to let loose1530 to call back1533 recant1534 retract1538 unswear1591 unwish1591 swallow1597 to take back1599 retractate1600 reclaim1615 unspeak1615 recede1655 renege1679 unnotify1738 unpronounce1745 withdraw1793 palinode1892 1591 R. Southwell Marie Magdalens Funeral Teares f. 42 If that wish had taken effect, I would now vnwishe it againe. a1639 W. Whately Prototypes (1640) ii. xxiv. 12 Had not Job cause to unwish his former wishes. 1651 N. Bacon Contin. Hist. Disc. Govt. 267 Who..lived to disdesire and unwish their former choise by late repentance. 1853 C. M. Yonge Heir of Redclyffe I. i. 13 ‘Never was a more absurd wish,’ said Charles..; ‘unwish it forthwith.’ 1864 M. B. Smedley Linnet's Trial II. iv. i. 222 I hope you won't un-wish your wish as soon as it is gratified. 2. a. To make an end of by wishing; to wish away or annihilated. Also reflexive. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > destroy [verb (transitive)] > will the destruction of unwisha1616 nonwill1788 a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry V (1623) iv. iii. 76 Now thou hast vnwisht fiue thousand men: Which likes me better, then to wish vs one. View more context for this quotation 1658 Sir T. Browne Hydriotaphia: Urne-buriall v. 71 The most tedious being is that which can unwish it self, content to be nothing, or never to have been. 1695 J. Collier Misc. upon Moral Subj. 178 Were I sure never to be pleased, my next Business should be to unwish my self, and pray for Annihilation. b. To wish or desire (a circumstance or thing) not to be. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > regret > [verb (transitive)] forthink?a1250 ruea1300 remordc1400 sorrow?a1425 forruec1425 overthinkc1450 regreta1500 deplore1567 grieve1597 unwish1629 repent1631 lament1794 1629 F. Quarles Argalus & Parthenia ii. 74 Performe, performe, what now it is too late T' vnwish againe; too soone to violate. 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica i. x. 38 To desire there were no God, were plainly to unwish their owne being. View more context for this quotation 1708 O. Dykes Moral Reflexions Eng. Prov. 170 Crack'd Maiden-heads cannot be set together again, like broken China,..by unwishing the Misfortune. 1821 Ld. Byron Sardanapalus iv. i. 120 Do not poison all My peace left, by unwishing that thou wert A father. 1876 R. Broughton Joan II. i. xxviii. 232 What we wish to-day, often we unwish to-morrow. c. reflexive. To seek to remove (oneself) from a particular class or category by wishing; to wish not to be something. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > regret > [verb (reflexive)] unwish1615 1615 Bp. J. Hall Contempl. III. O.T. ix. 128 How many shall vnwish themselues Christians, when Gods reuenges haue found them out? 1633 T. Adams Comm. 2 Peter (ii. 10) 730 At that dreadfull day how many shall unwish themselves Christians. Derivatives unˈwishing n. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > reversal of or forsaking one's will or purpose > [noun] > recantation or retraction renayinga1400 retractionc1405 revocationa1428 recanting1534 recantation?1544 retractation1547 retract1553 renegation1581 reneging1632 revoking1646 unsaying1647 misowning1661 unwishing1699 unswearinga1822 withdrawal1836 1699 R. L'Estrange Fables Moralized lxxii. 69 This Levity, of Wishing, and Unwishing, is..the Great Bus'ness and Mistake of Humane Life. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < v.1591 |
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