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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"
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



... and be sick a long time, precious," explained Mrs. Horton, as she popped him between the sheets. "You would miss all the Summer fun then. Now close your eyes and Mother will read to you." ...
— Sunny Boy in the Country • Ramy Allison White
... relative gain in intensity from every addition to the dispersive power of the spectroscope with which the heterogeneous mass of beams is analysed. Employ prisms enough, and eventually the undiminished rays of persistent colour will stand out from the continually fading rainbow-tinted band, by which they were at ...
— A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century - Fourth Edition • Agnes M. (Agnes Mary) Clerke
... Brian's side, and saw what was happening on the river, grasped the man's arm appealingly, with a cry: "Brian! Brian! She is going into the rapids! She will be carried down to ...
— The Re-Creation of Brian Kent • Harold Bell Wright
... like these: "My son, the love I bear you is so great, that if it were not for the honour of our family, which above all things I regard, I should immediately have set off for you; for indeed it seems like being without the light of my eyes, when I do not see you daily, as I used to do. I will make it my business to complete the training of my household up to virtuous honesty; do you make it yours to acquire excellence in your art; and I only wish you to remember these four simple words, obey them, and never ...
— The Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini • Benvenuto Cellini
... pirates who have figured in history, legend, or song, there is one whose name stands preeminent as the typical hero of the dreaded black flag. The name of this man will instantly rise in the mind of almost every reader, for when we speak of pirates we ...
— Buccaneers and Pirates of Our Coasts • Frank Richard Stockton


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