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Will

/wil/

noun
- 1. the faculty by which a person decides on and initiates action: "she has an iron will" Similar determinationfirmness of purposefixity of purposewill powerstrength of characterresolutionresolveresolutenesspurposefulnesssingle-mindednessdrivecommitmentdedicationdoggednesstenacitytenaciousnessstaying powerbackbonespineself-controlself-restraintself-disciplineself-masteryvolitionSitzfleischinformal:stickabilitystick-to-it-ivenessrare:perseverationvolitionchoiceoptiondecisiondiscretionprerogative
- ▪ control deliberately exerted to do something or to restrain one's own impulses: "a stupendous effort of will"
- ▪ a deliberate or fixed desire or intention: "Jane had not wanted them to stay against their will" Similar desirewishpreferenceinclinationminddispositionintentionintent
- ▪ the thing that one desires or ordains: "the disaster was God's will" Similar wishdesiredecisionchoiceintentiondecreeordinancecommanddictate
- 2. a legal document containing instructions as to what should be done with one's money and property after one's death. Similar testamentlast will and testamentlast wishesbequest(s)
verb
- 1. make or try to make (someone) do something or (something) happen by the exercise of mental powers: "reluctantly he willed himself to turn and go back"
- 2. intend, desire, or wish (something) to happen: formal, literary "their friendship flourished particularly because Adams willed it" Similar decreeorderordaincommanddirectintendwishwant
- 3. bequeath something to (someone) by the terms of one's will: "his father willed the farm to Mr. Timms" Similar bequeathleavegivehand downhand onpass onsettle onmake overtransfergiftdevise
- ▪ leave specified instructions in one's will: "he willed that his body be given to the hospital"
Word Origin Old Englishwilla (noun), willian (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch wil, German Wille (nouns), also to will1 and the adverb well1.
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