▸ verb: (auxiliary) Used to express the future tense, sometimes with an implication of volition or determination when used in the first person. Compare shall. ▸ verb: (auxiliary) To be able to, to have the capacity to. ▸ verb: (auxiliary) Expressing a present tense or perfect tense with some conditional or subjective weakening: "will turn out to", "must by inference". ▸ verb: (auxiliary) To habitually do (a given action). ▸ verb: (auxiliary) To choose or agree to (do something); used to express intention but without any temporal connotations, often in questions and negation. ▸ verb: (now uncommon or literary, transitive) To wish, desire (something). ▸ verb: (now rare, intransitive) To wish or desire (that something happen); to intend (that). ▸ verb: (archaic) Implying will go. ▸ noun: One's independent faculty of choice; the ability to be able to exercise one's choice or intention. ▸ noun: The act of choosing to do something; a person’s conscious intent or volition. ▸ noun: One's intention or decision; someone's orders or commands. ▸ noun: Firmity of purpose, fixity of intent ▸ noun: (law) A formal declaration of one's intent concerning the disposal of one's property and holdings after death; the legal document stating such wishes. ▸ noun: (archaic) That which is desired; one's wish. ▸ noun: (archaic) Desire, longing. (Now generally merged with later senses.) ▸ verb: (transitive, intransitive) To instruct (that something be done) in one's will. ▸ verb: (transitive) To bequeath (something) to someone in one's will (legal document). ▸ verb: (transitive) 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: A male given name, a shortening of William; also used as a formal given name. ▸ noun: A surname originating as a patronymic. ▸ noun: (American football) A weak-side linebacker.
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