Dictionary

(now uncommon or literary) To wish, desire (something).

Example: Do what you will.

(nowadays rare) To wish or desire (that something happen); to intend (that).

(auxiliary) To habitually do (a given action).

(auxiliary) To choose to (do something); used to express intention but without any temporal connotations (+ bare infinitive), often in negation.

Example: I’ve told him three times, but he won’t take his medicine.

One's independent faculty of choice; the ability to be able to exercise one's choice or intention.

Example: Of course, man's will is often regulated by his reason.

One's intention or decision; someone's orders or commands.

Example: Eventually I submitted to my parents' will.

The act of choosing to do something; a person’s conscious intent or volition.

Example: Most creatures have a will to live.

Law A formal declaration of one's intent concerning the disposal of one's property and holdings after death; the legal document stating such wishes.

To wish, desire.

To instruct (that something be done) in one's will.

To try to make (something) happen by using one's will (intention).

Example: All the fans were willing their team to win the game.

To bequeath (something) to someone in one's will (legal document).

Example: He willed his stamp collection to the local museum.