"wishcast" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: wishcasts [present, singular, third-person], wishcasting [participle, present], wishcast [participle, past], wishcast [past], wishcasted [participle, past], wishcasted [past]
Etymology: Back-formation from wishcasting, equivalent to a blend of wish + forecast. Etymology templates: {{back-formation|en|wishcasting}} Back-formation from wishcasting, {{blend|en|wish|forecast|nocap=1}} blend of wish + forecast Head templates: {{en-verb|||wishcast|past2=wishcasted}} wishcast (third-person singular simple present wishcasts, present participle wishcasting, simple past and past participle wishcast or wishcasted)
  1. 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.

Inflected forms

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