willed
adjective
[ wɪld ]
• having a specified level of determination.
• "a free-willed female"
• bequeathed in a will.
• "willed property"
will
verb
• make or try to make (someone) do something or (something) happen by the exercise of mental powers.
• "reluctantly he willed himself to turn and go back"
• intend, desire, or wish (something) to happen.
• "their friendship flourished particularly because Adams willed it"
• bequeath something to (someone) by the terms of one's will.
• "his father willed the farm to Mr Timms"
Similar:
bequeath,
leave,
give,
hand down,
hand on,
pass on,
settle on,
make over,
transfer,
gift,
devise,
Origin:
Old English willa (noun), willian (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch wil, German Wille (nouns), also to will1 and the adverb well1.
