Definition of Will

Will The power of choosing; the faculty or endowment of the soul by which it is capable of choosing; the faculty or power of the mind by which we decide to do or not to do; the power or faculty of preferring or selecting one of two or more objects. The choice which is made; a determination or preference which results from the act or exercise of the power of choice; a volition. The choice or determination of one who has authority; a decree; a command; discretionary pleasure. Strong wish or inclination; desire; purpose. That which is strongly wished or desired. Arbitrary disposal; power to control, dispose, or determine. The legal declaration of a person's mind as to the manner in which he would have his property or estate disposed of after his death; the written instrument, legally executed, by which a man makes disposition of his estate, to take effect after his death; testament; devise. See the Note under Testament, 1. To wish; to desire; to incline to have. As an auxiliary, will is used to denote futurity dependent on the verb. Thus, in first person, "I will" denotes willingness, consent, promise; and when "will" is emphasized, it denotes determination or fixed purpose; as, I will go if you wish; I will go at all hazards. In the second and third persons, the idea of distinct volition, wish, or purpose is evanescent, and simple certainty is appropriately expressed; as, "You will go," or "He will go," describes a future event as a fact only. To emphasize will denotes (according to the tone or context) certain futurity or fixed determination. To be willing; to be inclined or disposed; to be pleased; to wish; to desire. To form a distinct volition of; to determine by an act of choice; to ordain; to decree. To enjoin or command, as that which is determined by an act of volition; to direct; to order. To give or direct the disposal of by testament; to bequeath; to devise; as, to will one's estate to a child; also, to order or direct by testament; as, he willed that his nephew should have his watch. To exercise an act of volition; to choose; to decide; to determine; to decree. Related Definitions: According, Act, After, All, Also, An, And, Appropriately, Arbitrary, As, At, Authority, Auxiliary, Be, Bequeath, By, Capable, Certain, Certainty, Child, Choice, Choose, Choosing, Command, Consent, Context, Control, Death, Decide, Declaration, Decree, Denote, Dependent, Desire, Desired, Determination, Determine, Determined, Devise, Direct, Discretionary, Disposal, Dispose, Disposed, Disposition, Distinct, Do, Effect, Emphasize, Emphasized, Endowment, Enjoin, Estate, Evanescent, Event, Executed, Exercise, Expressed, Fact, Faculty, First, Fixed, Form, From, Future, Futurity, Give, Go, Have, He, His, Has, Idea, If, In, Incline, Inclined, Instrument, Is, It, Legal, Legally, Made, Man, Manner, Mind, More, Nephew, Not, Note, Of, On, One, Only, Or, Ordain, Order, Person, Pleased, Pleasure, Power, Preference, Preferring, Promise, Property, Purpose, Second, See, Selecting, Should, Simple, Soul, Strong, Strongly, Take, Testament, That, The, Third, Thus, To, Tone, Two, Under, Used, Verb, Volition, Watch, We, When, Which, Who, Will, Willed, Willing, Willingness, Wish, Wished, Would, Written, You

Will Quotations The whole secret of existence is to have no fear. Never fear what will become of you, depend on no one. Only the moment you reject all help are you freed. Buddha An insincere and evil friend is more to be feared than a wild beast; a wild beast may wound your body, but an evil friend will wound your mind. Buddha However many holy words you read, however many you speak, what good will they do you if you do not act on upon them? Buddha Whatever words we utter should be chosen with care for people will hear them and be influenced by them for good or ill. Buddha You will not be punished for your anger, you will be punished by your anger. Buddha Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared. Buddha To enjoy good health, to bring true happiness to one's family, to bring peace to all, one must first discipline and control one's own mind. If a man can control his mind he can find the way to Enlightenment, and all wisdom and virtue will naturally come to him. Buddha Fame will go by and, so long, I've had you, fame. If it goes by, I've always known it was fickle. So at least it's something I experience, but that's not where I live. Marilyn Monroe If you don't have time to do it right, when will you have time to do it over? John Wooden You can't live a perfect day without doing something for someone who will never be able to repay you. John Wooden

Will Translations will in Afrikaans is gaan, sal will in Danish is vilje, skulle will in Dutch is uiterste wil, verbond, testament will in German is Testament, Wille, Wille, wird, will, wollen will in Italian is volli, favore, testamento, volere, diventa will in Latin is volo, nutus, animus, voluntas will in Portuguese is vontade will in Spanish is voluntad, agrado, testamento, querer, agradar will in Swedish is testamente, kommer att, skall, vilja