to one's will (also to will): as one wants, as one chooses, purposefully; at one's disposal; to one's liking; = at a person's will at phrases 2d. Obs…
| 单词 | θ134718 |
| 释义 | the mind > emotion > pleasure > contentment or satisfaction > [adverb] > so as to content or satisfy > to one's satisfaction (12) to one's willOE to one's will (also to will): as one wants, as one chooses, purposefully; at one's disposal; to one's liking; = at a person's will at phrases 2d. Obs… a-willc1275 At one's will, to one's pleasure or satisfaction. at a person's willc1300 Chiefly without possessive, as at will. According to one's desire, as one wishes or likes; esp. (used predicatively or as complement, of wind or… fillc1300 Hence used with intransitive verbs as an adverbial phr. ‘to (his) heart's content’. to payc1300 Satisfaction, pleasure, liking. Obsolete. at, to greec1374 in gree (also at, to gree: cf. agree, adv., en-gree, adv.): with goodwill or favour, with kindly feeling or pleasure, kindly, in good part… with or upon one's wish or wishes1390 In phrases with prepositions. †withor upon one's wishor wishes, †at wish, according to one's wish, just as one wishes; in readiness for one as… agreea1425 Pleasantly, kindly. to take agree: to take kindly or in good part. Cf. in gree at gree, n.2 1b. at wisha1525 In phrases with prepositions. †withor upon one's wishor wishes, †at wish, according to one's wish, just as one wishes; in readiness for one as… to (one's) wish (rarely wishes)1586 In phrases with prepositions. †withor upon one's wishor wishes, †at wish, according to one's wish, just as one wishes; in readiness for one as… to one's heart's content1600 heart's content: now in phrase, to one's heart's content, to one's full inward satisfaction. wishfully1607 According to wish or desire. Obsolete. |
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