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The Meaning of will
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(v.) The power of choosing; the faculty or endowment of the soul by which it is capable of choosing; the faculty or power of the mind by which we decide to do or not to do; the power or faculty of preferring or selecting one of two or more objects.
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(v.) The choice which is made; a determination or preference which results from the act or exercise of the power of choice; a volition.
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(v.) The choice or determination of one who has authority; a decree; a command; discretionary pleasure.
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(v.) Strong wish or inclination; desire; purpose.
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(v.) That which is strongly wished or desired.
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(v.) Arbitrary disposal; power to control, dispose, or determine.
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(v.) The legal declaration of a person's mind as to the manner in which he would have his property or estate disposed of after his death; the written instrument, legally executed, by which a man makes disposition of his estate, to take effect after his death; testament; devise. See the Note under Testament, 1.
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(n.) To form a distinct volition of; to determine by an act of choice; to ordain; to decree.
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(n.) To enjoin or command, as that which is determined by an act of volition; to direct; to order.
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(n.) To give or direct the disposal of by testament; to bequeath; to devise; as, to will one's estate to a child; also, to order or direct by testament; as, he willed that his nephew should have his watch.
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(v. i.) To exercise an act of volition; to choose; to decide; to determine; to decree.
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(adv.) To wish; to desire; to incline to have.
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(adv.) As an auxiliary, will is used to denote futurity dependent on the verb. Thus, in first person, \"I will\" denotes willingness, consent, promise; and when \"will\" is emphasized, it denotes determination or fixed purpose; as, I will go if you wish; I will go at all hazards. In the second and third persons, the idea of distinct volition, wish, or purpose is evanescent, and simple certainty is appropriately expressed; as, \"You will go,\" or \"He will go,\" describes a future event as a fact only. To emphasize will denotes (according to the tone or context) certain futurity or fixed determination.
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(v. i.) To be willing; to be inclined or disposed; to be pleased; to wish; to desire.
Synonyms
testament
,
volition
,
willing
,
bequeath
,
leave
,
lead
,
go forth
,
leave alone
,
exit
,
leave behind
,
go away
,
give
,
provide
,
get out
,
result
,
pull up stakes
,
go out
,
entrust
,
pass on
,
depart
,
forget
,
allow
,
impart
,
allow for
,
ordain
Homophones
wil
,
wille
Rhymes
abril
,
advil
,
albertville
,
amityville
,
anthill
,
antill
,
asbill
,
asheville
,
ashville
,
auvil
,
bartlesville
,
baskerville
,
bastille
,
batesville
,
belleville
,
bellville
,
belville
,
bentonville
,
bihl
,
bil
,
bill
,
bougainville
,
brazil
,
brill
,
bruhl
,
cahill
,
cartersville
,
catskill
,
charlottesville
,
chill
,
chul
,
clarksville
,
courville
,
coville
,
cranesbill
,
crill
,
crossbill
,
crull
,
cul
,
cull
,
daffodil
,
danville
,
dashville
,
demille
,
deville
,
dill
,
dille
,
distil
,
distill
,
douville
,
downhill
,
drill
,
dull
,
dulle
,
emeryville
,
evansville
,
fayetteville
,
fil
,
fill
,
fille
,
foothill
,
frill
,
fulfill
,
gainesville
,
gambill
,
gayshill
,
ghyll
,
gil
,
gill
,
glanville
,
goodwill
,
grabill
,
grill
,
grille
,
guhl
,
guill
,
gul
,
gull
,
handbill
,
hawkbill
,
hicksville
,
hill
,
hille
,
hornbill
,
hull
,
il
,
ill
,
instill
,
isbill
,
jabril
,
jacksonville
,
janesville
,
jil
,
jill
,
kerrville
,
kill
,
kille
,
kingsville
,
knill
,
krill
,
krull
,
kuhl
,
kull
,
landfill
,
lawrenceville
,
leadville
,
lil
,
lill
,
lille
,
louisville
,
lull
,
mandeville
,
martinsville
,
marysville
,
maryville
,
mcdill
,
mcgill
,
mil
,
mill
,
mille
,
molehill
,
monroeville
,
muhl
,
mull
,
newill
,
nil
,
nill
,
null
,
oakville
,
overfill
,
overkill
,
painesville
,
phil
,
pihl
,
pil
,
pill
,
pille
,
pleasantville
,
polhill
,
prill
,
pudwill
,
puhl
,
quenneville
,
quill
,
refill
,
reville
,
rill
,
rockville
,
roseville
,
ruhl
,
russellville
,
sackville
,
sawmill
,
schill
,
schmuhl
,
scoville
,
scull
,
seagull
,
seville
,
shelbyville
,
shill
,
shrill
,
sill
,
skill
,
skull
,
smull
,
somerville
,
spill
,
squill
,
standstill
,
stephenville
,
steubenville
,
stihl
,
stil
,
still
,
stille
,
stull
,
sul
,
summerville
,
sunil
,
swill
,
tamil
,
thill
,
thomasville
,
thrill
,
thul
,
thull
,
til
,
till
,
treadmill
,
trill
,
trull
,
tull
,
twill
,
uhl
,
ul
,
until
,
uphill
,
ville
,
waddill
,
waynesville
,
wentzville
,
wil
,
wille
,
windmill
,
woodhull
,
yul
,
zil
,
zill