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willed 1 of 2

adjective

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as in conscious
made, given, or done with full awareness of what one is doing a hard-nosed industrialist with a willed indifference to public opinion

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willed

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verb

past tense of will
1
as in bequeathed
to give by means of a will willed their house to their adult children

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as in wished
to see fit do as you will—I wash my hands of the whole affair

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“Willed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/willed. Accessed 6 Dec. 2022.

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