wishcast en · VERB
Etymology
Back-formation from wishcasting, equivalent to a blend of wish + forecast.
Meanings
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To interpret information or a situation in a way that casts it as favorable or desired, despite the fact that there is no evidence for such a conclusion.
Since then, as [Chief Justice John] Roberts predicted and seemed to wishcast, there have been some signs of a thaw at One First Street NE [the address of the United States Supreme Court Building].
2022 December 30, Josh Gerstein, “How Justice Kagan lost her battle as a consensus builder”, in Politico:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| wishcasted | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | common, error-unknown-tag, proscribed, sometimes | lexicographic |
| wishcasted | Tense=Past | common, error-unknown-tag, proscribed, sometimes | lexicographic |
| wishcast | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| wishcast | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| wishcasts | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| wishcasting | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |