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Will   /wɪl/  /wəl/   Listen
Will

verb
(past & past part. willed; pres. part. willing)
1.
Decree or ordain.
2.
Determine by choice.
3.
Leave or give by will after one's death.  Synonyms: bequeath, leave.  "My grandfather left me his entire estate"  Antonym: disinherit.
noun
1.
The capability of conscious choice and decision and intention.  Synonym: volition.
2.
A fixed and persistent intent or purpose.
3.
A legal document declaring a person's wishes regarding the disposal of their property when they die.  Synonym: testament.



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"Will" Quotes from Famous Books



... little faith, say you: Men will maintain dear interests, wreak base hates, By force, and gentle women choose their mates Most amorously from the gilded fighting crew: The human heart Bellona's mad halloo Will ever fire to dicing with the ...
— The Shaving of Shagpat • George Meredith
... way down the coast, when she fell in with one of the Opal's boats, of which Jos Green had the command. He had captured one full slaver, but said that the ship had taken none. "Nor will she," he added; "steamers or boats are the only craft suited for this sort of work." He was very thankful to have his boat hoisted on board; and the next day the Opal was fallen in with. The news that there was a prospect ...
— The Three Commanders • W.H.G. Kingston
... and condition in life will never be known, and whose body for twelve centuries had so wonderfully escaped destruction, was most abominably treated by her discoverers in 1485. There are two versions as to her ultimate fate. According ...
— Pagan and Christian Rome • Rodolfo Lanciani
... Milsom, as he dashed at the bridge telegraph and signalled to stop the engines. "It would rightly serve him if we were to return his fire. But perhaps the wisest plan and the most dignified will be to stop and let him come aboard. But give it him hot for firing upon the British flag. Make him sit up! I only wish that I could jabber Spanish as fluently as you do; I'd scare ...
— The Cruise of the Thetis - A Tale of the Cuban Insurrection • Harry Collingwood
... contest for those I had to bestow was very keen, and the lucky individuals who were favoured by me looked after their interests most carefully. One of them, to render mistake or misunderstanding impossible, entered my promise in my day-book. The reader will perhaps smile at the following important memorandum in the gallant ...
— Wonderful Adventures of Mrs. Seacole in Many Lands • Mary Seacole


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