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We have found lemma(root) word of wills : will.
Definitions
[wɪl], (Verb)
Definitions:
- expressing the future tense
(e.g: you will regret it when you are older)
- expressing inevitable events
(e.g: accidents will happen)
- expressing a request
(e.g: will you stop here, please)
- expressing facts about ability or capacity
(e.g: a rock so light that it will float on water)
- expressing habitual behaviour
(e.g: she will dance for hours)
- expressing probability or expectation about something in the present
(e.g: they will be miles away by now)
Phrases:
- will do
Origin
:
Old English wyllan, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch willen, German wollen, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin velle ‘will, wish’
[wɪl], (Noun)
Definitions:
- the faculty by which a person decides on and initiates action
(e.g: she has an iron will)
- a legal document containing instructions as to what should be done with one's money and property after one's death
Phrases:
- at will
- have a will of one's own
- have one's will
- if you will
- what you will
- where there's a will there's a way
- with a will
- with the best will in the world
Origin
:
Old English willa (noun), willian (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch wil, German Wille (nouns), also to will and the adverb well
[wɪl], (Verb)
Definitions:
- make or try to make (someone) do something or (something) happen by the exercise of mental powers
(e.g: reluctantly he willed himself to turn and go back)
- intend, desire, or wish (something) to happen
(e.g: their friendship flourished particularly because Adams willed it)
- bequeath something to (someone) by the terms of one's will
(e.g: his father willed the farm to Mr Timms)
Phrases:
- at will
- have a will of one's own
- have one's will
- if you will
- what you will
- where there's a will there's a way
- with a will
- with the best will in the world
Origin
:
Old English willa (noun), willian (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch wil, German Wille (nouns), also to will and the adverb well
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