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[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
will \will\, v. t. imp.  p. p. willed; p. pr.  vb. n.
   willing. indic. present i will, thou willeth, he wills; we,
   ye, they will. cf. as. willian. see will, n.
   1913 webster
   1. to form a distinct volition of; to determine by an act of
      choice; to ordain; to decree. "what she will to do or
      say." --milton.
      1913 webster

            by all law and reason, that which the parliament
            will not, is no more established in this kingdom.
                                                  --milton.
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            two things he god willeth, that we should be good,
            and that we should be happy.          --barrow.
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   2. to enjoin or command, as that which is determined by an
      act of volition; to direct; to order. obs. or r.
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            they willed me say so, madam.         --shak.
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            send for music,
            and will the cooks to use their best of cunning
            to please the palate.                 --beau.  fl.
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            as you go, will the lord mayor . . .
            to attend our further pleasure presently. --j.
                                                  webster.
      1913 webster

   3. 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.
      1913 webster
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willed willing will 
[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
willing \will"ing\, a. from will, v. t.
   1913 webster
   1. free to do or to grant; having the mind inclined; not
      opposed in mind; not choosing to refuse; disposed; not
      averse; desirous; consenting; complying; ready.
      1913 webster

            felix, willing to show the jews a pleasure, left
            paul bound.                           --acts xxiv.
                                                  27.
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            with wearied wings and willing feet.  --milton.
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            fruit shaken in august from the willing boughs.
                                                  --bryant.
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   2. received of choice, or without reluctance; submitted to
      voluntarily; chosen; desired.
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            they are held, with his melodious harmony,
            in willing chains and sweet captivity. --milton.
      1913 webster

   3. spontaneous; self-moved. r.
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            no spouts of blood run willing from a tree.
                                                  --dryden.
      1913 webster
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will 
[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0
willing
     adj 1: disposed or inclined toward; "a willing participant";
            "willing helpers" ant: unwilling
     2: not brought about by coercion or force; "the confession was
        uncoerced" syn: uncoerced, unforced
     3: disposed or willing to comply; "someone amenable to
        persuasion"; "the spirit indeed is willing but the flesh
        is weak"- matthew 26:41 syn: amenable, conformable
     n : the act of making a choice; "followed my father of my own
         volition" syn: volition
see also:
unwilling uncoerced unforced amenable conformable volition 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
100 moby thesaurus words for "willing":
   accordant, acquiescent, affirmative, agreeable, agreeing,
   alacritous, amenable, approving, apt, ardent, assenting, bright,
   clever, compliable, compliant, complying, conative, conforming,
   consentient, consenting, content, cooperative, deliberate,
   determined, devoted, disposed, docile, duteous, dutiful, eager,
   educable, endorsing, enthusiastic, experimental, facile, fain,
   fair, faithful, favorable, favorably disposed, favorably inclined,
   formable, forward, game, impressionable, in the mind, in the mood,
   inclined, instructable, intelligent, intentional, law-abiding,
   loyal, malleable, minded, moldable, motivated, nothing loath,
   obedient, open, permissive, plastic, pliable, pliant, predisposed,
   prompt, prone, quick, ratifying, ready, ready and willing,
   receptive, resolute, responsive, ripe for instruction, sanctioning,
   schoolable, submissive, susceptible, teachable, tentative,
   thirsty for knowledge, tractable, trainable, trial, unforced,
   ungrudging, unloath, unrefusing, unreluctant, venturesome,
   volitional, voluntary, well-disposed, well-inclined, willed,
   willful, willinghearted, witting, zealous





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