Icchati
Icchati,1 [Sk.icchati,iṣ,cp.Av.isaiti,Obulg.iskati,Ohg.eiscōn,Ags.āscian = E.ask; all of same meaning “seek,wish”] to wish,desire,ask for (c.Acc.),expect S.I,210 (dhammaṁ sotuṁ i.); Sn.127,345,512,813,836; Dh.162,291; Nd1 3,138,164; Nd2 s.v.; Pv.II,63; Pug.19; Miln.269,327; SnA 16,23,321; KhA 17; PvA.20,71,74; Pot.icche Dh.84; Sn.835 Pv.II,66 & iccheyya D.II,2,10; Sn.35; Dh.73,88; ppr.icchaṁ Sn.826,831,937; Dh.334 (phalaṁ) aor.icchi PvA.31.-- grd.icchitabba PvA.8.-- pp.iṭṭha & icchita (q.v.).‹-› Note.In prep.-cpds.the root iṣ2 (icchati) is confused with root iṣ1 (iṣati,eṣati) with pp.both °iṭṭha and °iṣita.Thus ajjhesati,pp.ajjhiṭṭha & ajjhesita; anvesati (Sk.anvicehati); pariyesati (Sk.parīcchati),pp.pariyiṭṭha & pariyesita.(Page 118)