to one's will (also to will): as one wants, as one chooses, purposefully; at one's disposal; to one's liking; = at a person's will at phrases 2d. Obs…
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释义 | the mind > will > wish or inclination > [adverb] (25) to one's willOE to one's will (also to will): as one wants, as one chooses, purposefully; at one's disposal; to one's liking; = at a person's will at phrases 2d. Obs… by one's willOE by one's own will (formerly also †by one's will): with one's consent, or of one's own free will, willingly; according to one's desire, if one had… self-willesOE Voluntarily, of one's own accord. after a person's willOE after a person's will (also after will): according to one's own or another person's choice or intention; according to one's own or another person's… a-willc1275 At one's will, to one's pleasure or satisfaction. at willc1300 Chiefly without possessive, as at will. According to one's desire, as one wishes or likes; esp. (used predicatively or as complement, of wind or… at one's (own) liberty1426 As one pleases; by one's own choice; freely. Obsolete. ad placituma1556 By arbitrary application of a word or sign to a particular meaning, without a natural or logical basis. More generally: arbitrarily, as one pleases… at pleasure1579 (a) with pleasure, pleased; (b) (also during pleasure) at will, at discretion (in quots. 1692, 2003 with reference to the will of the Crown); cf… ad libitum1606 = ad lib, adv. 2. arbitrarilya1626 In an arbitrary manner, at will: (a) merely at will, without sufficient reason, capriciously; (b) unconstitutionally, despotically. arbitrariously1653 = arbitrarily, adv. discretionally1655 At one's own or another's discretion; discretionarily. ad arbitrium1663 At or according to one's will or pleasure; as one pleases; arbitrarily. voluntarily1676 At will, at pleasure; extempore. Obsolete. rare. discretionarily1681 In a discretionary manner; at one's own or another's discretion. antecedently1682 Without cause, arbitrarily. Obsolete. rare. discretionary?1707 At one's own or another's discretion; discretionarily. Obsolete. ad lib1791 In general use: to whatever extent, or in whatever manner, one desires. at one's own sweet will1802 Dear to the person himself; usually sarcastically, ‘pet’, ‘precious’: chiefly qualifying self or will. at one's own sweet will: just as one likes… at choice1817 †to be at one's choice: to act as one chooses, do as one pleases (obsolete). at choice: at pleasure. to have one's choice: to have the right or… at no allowance1858 at no allowance: without stint, freely. Now Scottish. Subcategories:— with volition and desire (1) — while one pleases (1) — against the inclination or disposition of a person (1) |
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