Dictionary Entry
(now uncommon or literary) To wish, desire (something).
In a Sentence
“Do what you will.”
Origin
Origin details are still being enriched for this entry.
Common Phrases
Poetry examples for “will”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →Oh, God will save her, fear you not:
Be you the men you've been,
Read full poem →‘Oh, peal upon our wedding,
And we will hear the chime,
And come to church in time.’
Read full poem →Or come not home at all,
The lads you leave will mind you
Till Ludlow tower shall fall.
Read full poem →"Oh, peal upon our wedding,
And we will hear the chime,
And come to church in time."
Read full poem →Oh, why did you come here, oh, snowman, oh, snowman?
And will you now a friend be, or will you be a foe?
“Oh, whether I a friend am, or whether I’m a foe-man,
Read full poem →Now, of my threescore years and ten,
Twenty will not come again,
And take from seventy springs a score,
Read full poem →Now, of my threescore years and ten,
Twenty will not come again,
And take from seventy springs a score,