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Common
verb
•
To
wish
,
desire
(something).
•
To
wish
or
desire
(that something
happen
); to
intend
(that).
•
To
habitually
do (a
given
action
).
•
To choose to (do something); used to
express
intention
but without any
temporal
connotations
(+
bare infinitive
), often in
questions
and
negation
.
•
Used to
express
the future
tense
, sometimes with some
implication
of
volition
when used in the
first person
.
Compare
shall
.
•
To
be able to
, to have the
capacity
to.
•
Expressing
a
present tense
with some
conditional
or
subjective
weakening
: "will
turn out
to", "must by
inference
".
•
To go
.
•
To
instruct
(that something be
done
) in
one's
will.
•
To
bequeath
(something) to someone in
one's
will (legal
document
).
•
To
exert
one's
force
of will (intention)
in order to
compel
, or
attempt
to
compel
,
something to
happen
or someone to do something.
noun
•
One's
independent
faculty
of choice
; the
ability
to
be able to
exercise
one's
choice
or
intention
.
•
One's
intention
or
decision
;
someone's
orders
or
commands
.
•
The
act
of
choosing
to do something; a person’s
conscious
intent
or
volition
.
•
That which is
desired
;
one's
wish
.
•
Desire
,
longing
. (Now
generally
merged
with
later
senses
.)
•
In Football (American):
A
weak-side
linebacker
.
name
•
A
male
given name
, a
shortening
of
William
; also used as a
formal
given name
.
•
A
patronymic
surname
, from
given names
.
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may
can
must
might
could
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does
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faith
conscience
do
morality
belief
liberty
wo
grace
wishes
soul
shall
deed
courage
consciousness
promise
evil
judgment
virtue
spirit
mind
consent
allah
destiny
may well
ought to
has to
may be
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Rhymes
ill
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Lil
nil
lil
til
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lil'
till
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rill
hill
will
sill
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pill
Mill
mill
Bill
gill
dill
vill
kill
jill
kiln
Will
Phil
bill
Dill
nill
Kill
fill
spill
chill
until
quill
twill
shill
thill
still
prill
brill
drill
frill
grill
we'll
he'll
trill
swill
skill
krill
distil
she'll
refill
grille
squill
instil
Brazil
frazil
thrill
'twill
uphill
shrill
brazil
instill
manille
athrill
fulfill
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distill
downhill
spadille
gristmill
siderotil
quadrille
dishabille
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Lineage
will
English
wille
Middle English (1100-1500)
willa
Old English (ca. 450-1100)
willen
Middle English (1100-1500)
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