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English
Etymology
From un- + wish.
Verb
unwish (third-person singular simple present unwishes, present participle unwishing, simple past and past participle unwished)
- (transitive, obsolete) To wish not to be; to destroy by wishing.
1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Henry the Fift”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, :Now thou hast unwished five thousand men.
- (transitive) To undo a wish