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[ wild ] / wɪld /
adjectivehaving a will (usually used in combination): strong-willed; weak-willed. Origin of willedMiddle English word dating back to 1350–1400; see origin at will2, -ed3 Words nearby willedWillaert, Willamette, Willard, will-call, will contest, willed, Willem I, willemite, Willemstad, Willendorf, Willesden Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for willedThere is the Providence Place Mall, which Cianci willed into existence at the moment when retail shops were fleeing the downtown. Can America’s Favorite Ex-Con Mayor Win Again?|David Freedlander|June 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST You have to be living a life of willed ignorance and denial to take issue with what Israel said. You’re in Denial if You Think Steve Israel Is Wrong About GOP Racism|Michael Tomasky|April 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST But I got the script, read it, and we both felt like it should happen now, so we willed it to happen. Aubrey Plaza on Playing A Zombie in ‘Life After Beth,’ the ‘Daria’ Movie, and More|Marlow Stern|January 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST In fact, the surprise is not that she died so young, but that she willed herself to stay alive so long. New Questions Arise About Mary Richardson Kennedy’s Suicide|Nancy Collins|May 16, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Part of the explanation for this dismal record of non-rescue is our capacity for willed blindness. In Syria, Europe & Boston, the Past Is Never Finished|Kati Marton|May 11, 2013|DAILY BEAST And could she really put people under her influence so that they must do as she willed? Double Trouble|Herbert Quick But, as you have willed your niece so much money, although half of it is hers already, I advised her not to fight. Vera|Richard Harding Davis He willed that all his bishops should set their hands to this decree. The Formation of Christendom, Volume VI|Thomas W. (Thomas William) Allies She had not willed him to do anything, she thought and she felt sure that she had pronounced no words of the nature of a command. The Witch of Prague|F. Marion Crawford Yoga Rama then made a long speech about happiness depending on our own selves and our being what we willed ourselves to be.
British Dictionary definitions for willed
adjective(in combination) having a will as specifiedweak-willed Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to willeddesire, discipline, resolve, power, wish, decision, mind, intention, attitude, determination, passion, feeling, resolution, inclination, character, insistence, fancy, yearning, design, liking |