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well-wish en · NOUN

Etymology

A back-formation from well-wisher.

Meanings

  1. (plural-normally) An expression of positive regard and hopes for good fortune.
    • Select someone to whom you can at least pretend to send well-wishes. 2015, Robert A. Neimeyer, Techniques of Grief Therapy: Assessment and Intervention, →ISBN:
    • He greeted me always, the epitome of cheer, with some gnomic well-wish that half the time I could not make out. 1995, Richard Powers, Galatea 2.2, New York, N.Y.: Farrar Straus Giroux, →ISBN, page 245:
    • Over the years there have been many well-wishes as a New Year dawns, certainties that this would be the year for our miracles. 2016, Natalia Hatton, Growth in the Wilderness, →ISBN:
    • “Patrick Flannery?” Lilah grinned. “He is cute. Maybe you should take him some soup and well-wishes.” 2012, Tanya Michaels, Mistletoe Hero, →ISBN:

Forms

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well-wishes Number=Plur lexicographic
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well-wish en · VERB

Etymology

A back-formation from well-wisher.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To express well-wishes; to wish someone well.
    • She kept an eye on Nash as he shoved his hands deep into his pockets, as Barry well-wished other congregants outside the doors of the church. 2011, Nicole Conn, Elena Undone, →ISBN:
    • We shook hands and well-wished. 2015, Calvin E. Sturdivant, A Railroad Ran Through It, →ISBN:
    • Then you are welcomed and well-wished by all present and ceremony is concluded. 2013, Dennis Wheatley, The Satanist, →ISBN:

Forms

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wellwish alternative lexicographic
well-wishing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
well-wished Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
well-wished Tense=Past lexicographic
well-wishes Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic