Will

  1. Proper noun.  (given name, male) . Also used as a formal given name.
  2. Proper noun.  (surname, patronymic) .
  3. Noun.  (American football) A weak-side linebacker.
  4. Noun.  (archaic) Desire, longing. (Now generally merged with later senses.) (defdate, from 9th c.) .
  5. Noun.  One's independent faculty of choice; the ability to be able to exercise one's choice or intention. (defdate, from 9th c.) .
  6. Noun.  One's intention or decision; someone's orders or commands. (defdate, from 9th c.) .
  7. Noun.  (archaic) That which is desired; one's wish. (defdate, from 10th c.) .
  8. Noun.  The act of choosing to do something; a person’s conscious intent or volition. (defdate, from 10th c.) .
  9. Noun.  A formal declaration of one's intent concerning the disposal of one's property and holdings after death; the legal document stating such wishes. (defdate, from 14th c.) .
  10. Verb.  (obsolete) To wish, desire. (defdate, 9th-19th c.) .
  11. Verb.  (transitive, intransitive) To instruct (that something be done) in one's will. (defdate, from 9th c.) .
  12. Verb.  (transitive) To try to make (something) happen by using one's will (intention). (defdate, from 10th c.) .
  13. Verb.  (transitive) To bequeath (something) to someone in one's will (legal document). (defdate, from 15th c.) .
  14. Verb.  (obsolete, transitive) To wish, desire (something). (defdate, 9th-18th c.) .
  15. Verb.  (obsolete, intransitive) To wish or desire (that something happen); to intend (that). (defdate, 9th-19th c.) .
  16. Verb.  (auxiliary) To habitually do (a given action). (defdate, from 9th c.) .
  17. Verb.  (auxiliary) To choose to (do something), used to express intention but without any temporal connotations (+ bare infinitive). (defdate, from 10th c.) .
  18. Verb.  (auxiliary) Used to express the future tense, formerly with some implication of volition when used in first person. Compare (term, shall) . (defdate, from 10th c.) .
  19. Verb.  (auxiliary) To be able to, to have the capacity to. (defdate, from 14th c.) .

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