Definitions for willed

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willed willed

Spelling: [wild]

IPA: /wɪld/

Willed is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 73 anagrams from letters in willed (deillw).

Definitions for willed

noun

1. the faculty of conscious and especially of deliberate action; the power of control the mind has over its own actions:
2. power of choosing one's own actions:
3. the act or process of using or asserting one's choice; volition:
4. wish or desire:
5. purpose or determination, often hearty or stubborn determination; willfulness:
6. the wish or purpose as carried out, or to be carried out:
7. disposition, whether good or ill, toward another.
8. Law. a legal declaration of a person's wishes as to the disposition of his or her property or estate after death, usually written and signed by the testator and attested by witnesses. the document containing such a declaration.

Idioms

1. at will, at one's discretion or pleasure; as one desires: at one's disposal or command.

adjective

1. having a will (usually used in combination):

auxiliary verb

1. am (is, are, etc.) about or going to:
2. am (is, are, etc.) disposed or willing to:
3. am (is, are, etc.) expected or required to:
4. may be expected or supposed to:
5. am (is, are, etc.) determined or sure to (used emphatically):
6. am (is, are, etc.) accustomed to, or do usually or often:
7. am (is, are, etc.) habitually disposed or inclined to:
8. am (is, are, etc.) capable of; can:
9. am (is, are, etc.) going to: .

verb (used with object)

1. to decide, bring about, or attempt to effect or bring about by an act of the will:
2. to purpose, determine on, or elect, by an act of will:
3. to give or dispose of (property) by a will or testament; bequeath or devise.
4. to influence by exerting control over someone's impulses and actions:

verb (used without object)

1. to exercise the will:
2. to decide or determine:

verb (used with or without object)

1. to wish; desire; like:

Origin of willed

Middle English word dating back to 1350-1400; See origin at will², -ed³

Examples for willed

But I got the script, read it, and we both felt like it should happen now, so we willed it to happen.

Part of the explanation for this dismal record of non-rescue is our capacity for willed blindness.

There was not a corner of it that was not theirs to use as they willed.

I had counted on my brother's love, but God has willed that it should be otherwise.

In fact, the surprise is not that she died so young, but that she willed herself to stay alive so long.

You have to be living a life of willed ignorance and denial to take issue with what Israel said.

He willed that all his bishops should set their hands to this decree.

The tall German said never a word, but allowed the boys to do as they willed with him.

When they left Lafouasse, she was once more completely his; he could do what he willed with her.

There is the Providence Place Mall, which Cianci willed into existence at the moment when retail shops were fleeing the downtown.