will
noun
- legal declaration by which a person names one or more persons to manage his or her estate and provides for the distribution of his property at death
- faculty of the mind which intentionally selects the strongest desire from among the various desires present
verb
- (auxiliary) expressing the future tense
- give in a will, bequeath
verb
- to wish; to desire
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /wɪl/ / [wɪɫ] / [wɪo̯]
name
Etymology: Clipping of William or, less often, other given names beginning with Wil-, such as Wilfred or Willard.
- A diminutive of the male given name William or, less often, other given names beginning with Wil-, such as Wilfred or Willard, from the Germanic languages; also used as a formal given name.
“Make but my name thy loue, and loue that ſtill, / And then thou loueſt me for my name is Will.”
“One of his neighbours opposite, a nice old guy with a stoop and a horrible little Yorkshire terrier, called him Bill - always had done and presumably always would, right up till the day he died. It actually irritated Will, who was not, he felt, by any stretch of the imagination, a Bill. Bill wouldn't smoke spliffs and listen to Nirvana. So why had he allowed this misapprehension to continue? Why hadn't he just said, four years ago, "Actually my name is Will"?”
- A surname originating as a patronymic.
noun
Etymology: Clipping of William or, less often, other given names beginning with Wil-, such as Wilfred or Willard.
- A weak-side linebacker.
“Will linebacker drops to turn-in, QB dropping dumps the ball off to HB.”
“Our Will linebacker, because he is away from the formation or to the split end, should be a great pursuit man and pass defender. Will covers the back side hook zone on the weak side.”
verb
Etymology: From Middle English willen, from Old English willian (“to will”), from Proto-West Germanic *willjōn (“to will”), from Proto-Indo-European *welh₁- (“to choose, wish”). Cognate with German Low German willen, German willen. The verb is not always distinguishable from Etymology 1, above.
- To instruct (that something be done) in one's will.
- To bequeath (something) to someone in one's will (legal document).
“He willed his stamp collection to the local museum.”
- To exert one's force of will (intention) in order to compel, or attempt to compel, something to happen or someone to do something.
“All the fans were willing their team to win the game.”
“They willed me say so, madam.”