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[[t]wɪl[/t]]

aux. v. and v. pres. will

1) fun am (is, are, etc.) about or going to:

I will be there tomorrow. She will see you at dinner[/ex]

2) fun am (is, are, etc.) disposed or willing to:

People will do right[/ex]

3) fun am (is, are, etc.) expected or required to:

You will report to the principal at once[/ex]

4) fun may be expected or supposed to:

You will not have forgotten him[/ex]

5) fun am (is, are, etc.) determined or sure to (used emphatically):

People will talk[/ex]

6) fun am (is, are, etc.) accustomed to, or do usually or often:

She would write for hours at a time[/ex]

7) fun am (is, are, etc.) habitually disposed or inclined to:

Tyrants will be tyrants[/ex]

8) fun am (is, are, etc.) capable of; can:

This tree will live without water for three months[/ex]

9) to wish; desire; like:

Take what you will. Ask, if you will, who the owner is[/ex]

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Etymology: bef. 900; ME; OE wyllan, c. OS willian, ON vilja, Go wiljan; akin to L velle to wish usage: See shall II

will

[[t]wɪl[/t]] n.

1) the faculty of conscious and particularly of deliberate action:

the freedom of the will[/ex]

2) power of choosing one's own actions:

to have a strong will[/ex]

3) the act or process of using or asserting one's choice; volition:

My hands are obedient to my will[/ex]

4) wish or desire:

to submit against one's will[/ex]

5) purpose or determination:

to have the will to succeed[/ex]

6) the wish or purpose as carried out, or to be carried out:

to work one's will[/ex]

7) disposition, whether good or ill, toward another

8) law a legal document in which a person specifies the disposition of his or her property after death. Compare testament

9) to decide upon, bring about, or attempt to effect or bring about by an act of will:

He can walk if he wills it[/ex]

10) to purpose, determine on, or elect by act of will:

If you will success, you can find it[/ex]

11) law to dispose of (property) by a will; bequeath

12) to influence by or as if by exerting will power:

I willed her to survive the crisis[/ex]

13) to exercise the will

14) to decide or determine:

Others debate, but the king wills[/ex]

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- at will

Etymology: bef. 900; ME will(e), OE will(a), c. OS willio, OHG willo, ON vili, Go wilja; akin to will I will′er, n. will′-less, adj.