WILL

I. verb (past would; present singular & plural ~) Etymology: Middle English (1st & 3d singular present indicative), from Old English ~e (infinitive wyllan); akin to Old High German wili (3d singular present indicative) ~s, Latin velle to wish, ~ Date: before 12th century transitive verb desire , wish , verbal auxiliary 1. — used to express desire, choice, ~ingness, consent, or in negative constructions refusal 2. — used to express frequent, customary, or habitual action or natural tendency or disposition 3. — used to express futurity 4. — used to express capability or sufficiency 5. — used to express probability and often equivalent to the simple verb 6. a. — used to express determination, insistence, persistence, or ~fulness b. — used to express inevitability 7. — used to express a command, exhortation, or injunction intransitive verb to have a wish or desire , see: shall II. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English ~a ~, desire; akin to Old English ~e Date: before 12th century desire , wish : as, disposition , inclination , appetite , passion , choice , determination , 2. something desired, b. request , command , the part of a summons expressing a royal command, the act, process, or experience of ~ing ; volition , 4. mental powers manifested as wishing, choosing, desiring, or intending, a disposition to act according to principles or ends, the collective desire of a group , the power of control over one's own actions or emotions , a legal declaration of a person's wishes regarding the disposal of his or her property or estate after death, III. Date: before 12th century transitive verb 1. to order or direct by a ~ , to dispose of by or as if by a ~ ; bequeath , 2. to determine by an act of choice, decree , ordain , intend , purpose , to cause or change by an act of ~ , intransitive verb to exercise the ~, choose