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willing adjective [ ˈwɪlɪŋ ]

• ready, eager, or prepared to do something.
• "he was quite willing to compromise"
Similar: ready, prepared, disposed, inclined, nothing loath, of a mind, so minded, minded, in the mood, happy, glad, pleased, eager, keen, enthusiastic, consenting, agreeable, amenable, accommodating, obliging, compliant, acquiescent, game,
Opposite: unwilling, reluctant, disinclined,

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"
Similar: decree, order, ordain, command, direct, intend, wish, want,
• 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.


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