Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Lexicon: wish – withe
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wish (-es), n. [OE.]
Desire; hope; inclination; want.
wish (-ed, -ing, -es), v. [OE; cf. Skr. wen-, to hold dear, love, desire.] (webplay: fear, supposed).
- Will; choose; desire; prefer.
- Would.
- Hope; long; yearn.
wishfulness, n. [see wish, n.]
Longing; yearning; hope of having; nostalgia for experiencing; state of desiring.
wit, n. [OE.] (webplay: mind, sound, wise).
- Knowledge; intellect; understanding; wisdom; sense.
- Humor; funny mental connections; clever association of ideas.
witch, n. [OE.]
Enchantress; sorceress; [fig.] poet; sibyl; female author.
witchcraft, n. [see witch and craft.] (webplay: nature, practice).
- Power; influence; attraction; charm.
- Sorcery; enchantment; spell-casting; [fig.] poetry; enlightenment; language power.
with, prep. [OE.]
- Seeming to have; including the feature of.
- Accompanying; in the presence of.
- Wearing.
- Having; owning; possessing; receiving.
- Holding; composed of.
- Because of; as a consequence of.
- Including; participating in.
- By; by means of.
- Using.
- Against; confronting; encountering.
- Carrying; bearing.
- Below; under; subjected to; in the vicinity of.
withdraw (-s, withdrawn, withdrew), v. [with and draw.] (webplay: away, leave, place, take).
- Depart; retreat; retire; leave; step out temporarily.
- Remove; seclude; separate; retract.
- Recoil; shrink; refuse; hold back.
withdrawn, verbal adj. [see withdraw, v.]
Missing; distant; formerly present; [fig.] dead; lifeless.
withe (-s), n. [OE.]
Band; cord; string.