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Webster 1913 Edition
Willing
1.
Free to do or to grant; having the mind inclined; not opposed in mind; not choosing to refuse; disposed; not averse; desirous; consenting; complying; ready.
Felix,
willing
to show the Jews a pleasure, left Paul bound. Acts xxiv. 27.
With wearied wings and
willing
feet. Milton.
[Fruit] shaken in August from the
willing
boughs. Bryant.
2.
Received of choice, or without reluctance; submitted to voluntarily; chosen; desired.
[They] are held, with his melodious harmony,
In
In
willing
chains and sweet captivity. Milton.
3.
Spontaneous; self-moved.
[R.]
No spouts of blood run
willing
from a tree. Dryden.
Webster 1828 Edition
Willing
WILLING
,ppr.
1.
Determining; resolving; desiring.2.
Disposing of by will.WILLING
,Adj.
1.
Free to do or grant; having the mind inclined; disposed; not averse. Let every man give, who is able and willing.2.
Pleased; desirous.Felix, willing to show the Jews a pleasure. Acts 24.
3.
Ready; prompt.He stoopd with weary wings and willing feet.
4.
Chosen; received of choice or without reluctance; as, to be held in willing chains.5.
Spontaneous.No spouts of blood run wiling from a tree.
6.
Consenting.Definition 2024
willing
willing
English
Adjective
willing (comparative more willing, superlative most willing)
- Ready to do something that is not (can't be expected as) a matter of course.
- If my boyfriend isn't willing to change his drinking habits, I will split up with him.
- 1898, Winston Churchill, chapter 5, in The Celebrity:
- In the eyes of Mr. Farquhar Fenelon Cooke the apotheosis of the Celebrity was complete. The people of Asquith were not only willing to attend the house-warming, but had been worked up to the pitch of eagerness. The Celebrity as a matter of course was master of ceremonies.
- 2013 June 7, David Simpson, “Fantasy of navigation”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 26, page 36:
- Like most human activities, ballooning has sponsored heroes and hucksters and a good deal in between. For every dedicated scientist patiently recording atmospheric pressure and wind speed while shivering at high altitudes, there is a carnival barker with a bevy of pretty girls willing to dangle from a basket or parachute down to earth.
Synonyms
Derived terms
Translations
ready to do something that is not a matter of course
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Noun
willing (plural willings)
- (rare or obsolete) The execution of a will.
Verb
willing
- present participle of will