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would /wŭd (formerly, eg in Spenser, wōld)/ auxiliary v (2nd pers sing (archaic; with thou) wouldst /wŭdst/)- Pat of will1, used: in reported speech
- To suggest willingness or readiness on the part of someone or something, as in the car would not start
- To express probability and condition
- To express lack of surprise or indicate frustration at events, another's perversity, etc
- To formulate invitations, suggestions, offers, requests and desires
noun The desired or intended, as distinct from could, or should ORIGIN: OE wolde, pat of wyllan to wish, will wouldˈ-be adjective - Aspiring, or merely professing, to be
- Meant to be
noun A vain pretender would (that), also would to God (or to heaven, etc) (that) (literary or archaic) Used to express (esp vain) desires will1 /wil/ verb (2nd pers sing present indicative (with thou; archaic) wilt; 3rd pers will; pat would /wŭd/; 2nd pers sing (with thou; archaic) wouldst; no pap)- Used with an infinitive or absolutely: esp in 2nd and 3rd pers to form a future tense (shall often being used in 1st pers)
- In 1st pers to express intention or determination
- To make requests, issue commands, or invite
- To indicate capacity, as in the car will seat six
- To suggest willingness or readiness on the part of someone or something, as in the car will not start
- To express assumptions
- To wish, desire or want, as in say what you will
- To express resignation or frustration at events, another's perversity, etc
ORIGIN: OE wyllan, willan to wish, to be willing will do (informal) Expressing readiness to do what is being asked of one will2 /wil/ noun- The power or faculty of choosing or determining
- The act of using this power
- Volition
- Choice or determination
- Pleasure, wish or desire
- Inclination, preference
- Lust
- Command
- Arbitrary disposal
- (in combination) feeling towards others, as in goodwill or ill-will
- The disposition of one's effects at death
- The written document containing this
transitive verb (pat and pap willed; 2nd pers present indicative willˈest; 3rd pers wills)- To decree
- To seek to force, influence (oneself or another to perform a specified action) by silent exertion of the will
- To dispose of by will, to bequeath
- To wish, desire or want, as in what you will
- To wish for (archaic)
- To command, order, require (obsolete)
intransitive verb- To exercise choice, choose, decree
- To be willing
ORIGIN: OE willa will, determination, from which comes the weak verb willian willˈable adjective willed adjective - Having a will
- Voluntary
- Given or disposed of by will
- Brought under another's will, as in hypnotism
- (in combination) having a will of a particular kind, as in weak-willed, strong-willed, etc
willˈer noun Someone who wills willˈ-less adjective Having no will of one's own willˈ-lessly adverb willˈ-lessness noun willˈpower noun The ability to control one's actions, emotions, impulses, etc willˈ-worship noun (Bible) Worship after one's own will or fancy, superstitious observance without divine authority at will When or as one chooses a will of one's own A strong, self-assertive will by my will (Shakespeare) - Voluntarily
- With my consent
conjoint or joint will A testamentary act by two persons jointly in the same instrument have one's will To obtain what one desires living will see under living tenant at will Someone who holds lands only so long as the owner pleases with a will Heartily and energetically with the best will in the world No matter how willing or persevering one is work one's will To do whatever one chooses |