Definition of will

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Will (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 e

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Despond :: Despond (v. i.) To give up, the will, courage, or spirit; to be thoroughly disheartened; to lose all courage; to become dispirited or depressed; to take an unhopeful view..
Swill :: Swill (v. i.) To drink greedily or swinishly; to drink to excess.
Jane :: Jane (n.) A kind of twilled cotton cloth. See Jean.
Law :: Law (n.) In general, a rule of being or of conduct, established by an authority able to enforce its will; a controlling regulation; the mode or order according to which an agent or a power acts..
Testamentize :: Testamentize (v. i.) To make a will.
Intercede :: Intercede (v. i.) To act between parties with a view to reconcile differences; to make intercession; to beg or plead in behalf of another; to mediate; -- usually followed by with and for; as, I will intercede with him for you..
Holograph :: Holograph (n.) A document, as a letter, deed, or will, wholly in the handwriting of the person from whom it proceeds and whose act it purports to be..
Sallow :: Sallow (n.) The willow; willow twigs.
Won''t :: Won't () A colloquial contraction of woll not. Will not. See Will.
Willsome :: Willsome (a.) Fat; indolent.
Testamentation :: Testamentation (n.) The act or power of giving by testament, or will..
Barricade :: Barricade (n.) A fortification, made in haste, of trees, earth, palisades, wagons, or anything that will obstruct the progress or attack of an enemy. It is usually an obstruction formed in streets to block an enemy's access..
Subsidence :: Subside (v. i.) To fall into a state of quiet; to cease to rage; to be calmed; to settle down; to become tranquil; to abate; as, the sea subsides; the tumults of war will subside; the fever has subsided..
Testamentary :: Testamentary (a.) Done, appointed by, or founded on, a testament, or will; as, a testamentary guardian of a minor, who may be appointed by the will of a father to act in that capacity until the child becomes of age..
Arbitrary :: Arbitrary (a.) Exercised according to one's own will or caprice, and therefore conveying a notion of a tendency to abuse the possession of power..
Tumblerful :: Tumblerful (n.) As much as a tumbler will hold; enough to fill a tumbler.
Willing :: Willing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Wil.
Pass :: Pass (v. i.) To go from one person to another; hence, to be given and taken freely; as, clipped coin will not pass; to obtain general acceptance; to be held or regarded; to circulate; to be current; -- followed by for before a word denoting value or estimation..
Kindness :: Kindness (a.) A kind act; an act of good will; as, to do a great kindness..
Voluntary :: Voluntary (v. t.) Endowed with the power of willing; as, man is a voluntary agent..
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