单词 | willed |
释义 | willedadj.1 1. Having a will of a specified (evil, strong, weak, etc.) kind. Chiefly as the second element of compounds.Recorded earliest in evil-willed adj. at evil adj. and n.1 Compounds 1.See also free-willed adj. at free will n. Derivatives, ill-willed adj., iron-willed adj. at iron adj. Compounds 1b, self-willed adj., strong-willed adj. at strong adj. Compounds 1c, weak-willed adj. at weak adj. and n. Compounds 1. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > [adjective] > having the faculty of will > having will of specific kind willeda1398 a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) I. viii. xviii. 494 Of yuel-willid sterris and greuos [L. nociuis] he takeþ yuel qualitees and greuos. a1425 in W. H. Hulme Middle-Eng. Harrowing of Hell (1907) p. xxv (MED) Witted [as] a wodkok, Wylled as a wedercoke. 1846 Yale Lit. Mag. Nov. 40 At their head, was that soft-willed man, Archbishop Cranmer, wise minister to the king, and fickle Primate of all England. 1922 D. H. Lawrence Aaron's Rod (N.Y. ed.) xv. 210 Angus had been born in a house with a park, and of awful hard-willed, money-bound people. 2009 Time Out N.Y. 12 Mar. 113/4 Cynthia Nixon is perfectly cast and tenderly nuanced as the unnamed, smart but jelly-willed mama of a boy with behavioral problems. 2. Originally: (with to) having one's will directed favourably or unfavourably towards a person. In later use: having one's will directed to some (specified) action; minded, disposed, inclined (to do something).Recorded earliest in well-willed adj. 2. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > wish or inclination > [adjective] disposedc1340 willed1417 affecta1425 willinga1425 affectionatec1487 mindedc1487 talenteda1500 well-minded1524 affectioned?1532 affectionated1561 mindful1565 aminded1571 ingineda1583 affected1584 pregnant1604 in the (also a) —— mooda1625 fond1666 apt1677 1417 in F. J. Furnivall Fifty Earliest Eng. Wills (1882) 38 Y pray hem þat þey be well wyllet..to here. c1475 Bk. Physiognomy (Cambr.) in Middle Eng. Dict. (at cited word) A mouthe crokide betoneth untrewe, evyll wyllyd to summe men, and to summe good willyd. a1500 (?a1425) tr. Secreta Secret. (Lamb.) 103 Off a good Conseiller…þat he be goodly to withholde and willed [a1500 Ashm. have..wille] to vnderstonde þat men sayen to hym. 1563 B. Googe Eglogs Epytaphes & Sonettes sig. K.v A Souldier stoute of Reasons bande, is wylled there to ryde. 1580 J. Lyly Euphues & his Eng. (new ed.) f. 127v I taking my leaue departed, being willed to visit the Lady Flauia. 1831 G. P. R. James Philip Augustus xxxvii The peers of France could hardly have refused to assist at the trial..even had they been so willed. 2015 @ETXMRUD 11 Oct. in twitter.com (accessed 29 May 2019) A simple guy with a brilliant mind, strongly willed to serve his people with discipline & iron fist. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online December 2021). willedadj.2ΘΚΠ the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > [adjective] > desired soughta1382 desired1382 sought1607 envied1631 willed1662 desiderated1705 courted1793 1662 J. Chandler tr. J. B. van Helmont Oriatrike lxxxiv. 616 They are directed by the desire, specificating, or specially pointing out an Object for it self; even as the sight of the Basilike, or Nod of the Cramp-fish, is reflected on their willed Object. 1683 S. Pordage tr. T. Willis Two Disc. Soul of Brutes i. ix. 53 As to what appertains to the Provision and Exercise of Hope, when we desire greatly any absent Good, and that an Opinion arises, that we shall shortly obtain it, presently the Animal Spirits, who first like Soldiers sent before, carefully seek after, and observe the willed thing, forthwith returning towards the Soul, bring News of the Coming of its Guest, and prepare a Reception for it. 2. a. Of an action or its outcome, a condition, an attitude, etc.: determined or carried out by the will; deliberate, voluntary. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > [adjective] > effected by the will willed1694 bewilled1864 1694 W. Burrough Acct. Blessed Trinity vi. 29 The first subsistence of the Deity unconceived, is the first subsistence subsisting in its own proper form; but as it subsists in the second, it is not so, but in the conceived subsistence, and in the third, in the willed subsistence. 1841 London Med. Gaz. 12 Feb. 739/1 But sometimes the involuntary action rebels against the willed action, and overcomes it. The muscle contracts in spite of the will. 1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VI. 514 The prolonged natural discharges of neurons underlying willed and natural movements. 1990 R. Boyne Foucault & Derrida ii. 36 If he was blind to such matters, then it was a willed blindness. 2018 Financial Law Reporter (Nexis) 15 May It was a punch. It was a willed act of violence to a defenceless infant. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > necessity > [adjective] > controlled by something else or not free servile1581 willed1886 1886 E. Gurney et al. Phantasms of Living I. ii. 14 The ‘willed’ performer, after various minute indications of a tendency to move in this, that, or the other wrong direction, at last hits on the right one. 1894 F. Podmore Apparitions & Thought-transference iv. 84 The object of this series of experiments was to note the effect of increasing the distance between the willer and the willed,—the agent and the percipient. 3. Disposed of by will or testament; bequeathed as a legacy.With willed-away in quot. 1865 cf. to will away at will v.2 2b(b). ΘΚΠ society > law > transfer of property > testamentary disposition > [adjective] > left by will bequeathed1619 left1622 willeda1825 a1825 in B. Monroe Rep. Court of Appeals Kentucky 12 (1852) 653 And if my said daughter, Martha Moore, should depart this life without issue, it is my will and desire that the aforesaid willed property be equally divided between my brothers and sisters. 1865 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend II. iii. ix. 80 I am the willed-away girl. 2003 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 17 Nov. e8/4 A greater number of willed gifts come in from graduates themselves, but the really big amounts, a half a million dollars or more, usually comes from the widow. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < |
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