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单词 willer
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willern.

Brit. /ˈwɪlə/, U.S. /ˈwɪlər/
Forms: see will v.2 and -er suffix1.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: will v.2, -er suffix1.
Etymology: < will v.2 + -er suffix1.
A person who wills, in various senses.
1.
a. A person who exercises his or her will; a person who makes a conscious intention to do something; a voluntary agent. Now somewhat rare.In early use often with allusion to Romans 9:16 ‘So then it is not of him that willeth [Vulgate volentis], nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy’ (King James Version): cf. quot. 1435.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > will > [noun] > exercise of the will > one who
willer1435
the mind > will > intention > [noun] > one who consciously intends something
willer1435
meaner1532
resolver1758
resolutioner1908
R. Misyn tr. R. Rolle Fire of Love 96 Qwho-euer wyll to it myght cum, & ȝit it is not of ylk rynnar ne willar, bot of criste lufand, lyftand & takand.
1534 Act 26 Henry VIII c. 13 §1 in Statutes of Realm (1963) III. 508 Willers and wurkars of the same.
1549 M. Coverdale et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. II. James iv. f. xxxviv There is nothynge harde to the louing willer.
1678 J. Norris Coll. Misc. (1699) 364 Every dependence of an irregular act upon the will, is not such as derives guilt upon the willer.
1850 C. Kingsley Alton Locke I. xvi. 249 Nature was spoken of as the willer and producer of all the marvels which he describes.
2012 Qui Parle 20 219 The self is at once the aggressor (the willer) and the victim (the object of that will).
b. A person who influences another by mere exercise of will (as in hypnotism).
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > power > influence > [noun] > one who or that which influences > influential person > by mere exercise of will
willer1882
1882 19th Cent. June 892 A much larger percentage of successful results..occurred when a near relative of the guesser was the ‘willer’.
1989 R. Hyman Elusive Quarry i. 101 Subtle unconscious pushes by the ‘willer’..can guide the percipient to the correct place.
2. A person who desires or wishes for something; a wisher. Chiefly and now only as the second element of compounds.Recorded earliest and now chiefly in well-willer n.See evil-willer n., good-willer n., ill-willer n.In †cursed willer after evil-willer.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > wishing > [noun] > one who wishes
willer1443
wishers and woulders1509
wisherc1520
would-be1732
1443 King Henry VI Let. 17 Aug. in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1846) 3rd Ser. I. 79 We and all our trewe subgietts and welwillers haue and shal haue cause to thanke our Lord therfor.
1447–8 in S. A. Moore Lett. & Papers J. Shillingford (1871) ii. 114 (MED) He…prayeth the causers, doers, and wyllers therof [misgovernance] every man furst to se his awne defautis.
c1535 Ploughman's Tale i. sig. A.ivv Such wyllers of worship must nede yuel fele.
c1595 Countess of Pembroke Psalme lxxxix. 59 in Coll. Wks. (1998) II. 133 Not closly vndermin'd by cursed willer, Nor ouerthrown by foe in open fight.
1654 T. B. Legacie left to Protestants xviii. 192 God is said non volens iniquitatem, no willer of iniquity, but a hater of the wicked.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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