| 单词 | free-willed |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfree-ˈwilled free-ˈwilled adj. having the faculty of free will. Also: following one's own inclinations. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > free will > [adjective] > exercising or capable of free will freeeOE activea1398 indetermined1628 volent1654 undeterminate1668 free-willing1675 autexousious1678 free-willed1678 automatous1732 spontaneous1732 indeterminate1836 1678 R. Cudworth True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. v. 889 Peccability, arises from the Necessity of Imperfect Freewilled Beings, left to themselves. 1709 M. Prior Ode to Col. Villiers in Poems (1905) 121 In vain we think that free-will'd Man has pow'r. 1798 E. Wallace Universal Alarm xviii. 256 Every possible Means that is in His divine Power to exert, consistent with free-willed Beings. 1887 Galveston (Texas) Daily News 2 June 5/3 When the great Ruler placed us here on earth, free-willed creatures, endowed with reason. 1938 C. C. Zimmerman Changing Community xxv. 631 Individuals had always acted with a degree of selfish motivation; localism had never stifled free-willed behavior. 1994 Richmond (Va.) Times-Dispatch 6 Oct. a22/2 How do you prevent free-willed individuals from committing illegal activities? < as lemmas |
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