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Willet: Definition and part of speech

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Willet

  1. n. A large North American snipe (Symphemia semipalmata); — called also pill-willet, will-willet, semipalmated tattler, or snipe, duck snipe, and stone curlew.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Will: Definition and part of speech

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Will

  1. v. The legal declaration of a person’s mind as to the manner in which he would have his property or estate disposed of after his death; the written instrument, legally executed, by which a man makes disposition of his estate, to take effect after his death; testament; devise. See the Note under Testament, 1.
  2. v. The power of choosing; the faculty or endowment of the soul by which it is capable of choosing; the faculty or power of the mind by which we decide to do or not to do; the power or faculty of preferring or selecting one of two or more objects.
  3. v. The choice which is made; a determination or preference which results from the act or exercise of the power of choice; a volition.
  4. v. The choice or determination of one who has authority; a decree; a command; discretionary pleasure.
  5. v. Strong wish or inclination; desire; purpose.
  6. v. That which is strongly wished or desired.
  7. v. Arbitrary disposal; power to control, dispose, or determine.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Would: Definition and part of speech

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Would

  1. imp. of Will
  2. v. t. Commonly used as an auxiliary verb, either in the past tense or in the conditional or optative present. See 2d & 3d Will.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Wildwood: Definition and part of speech

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Wildwood

  1. n. A wild or unfrequented wood. Also used adjectively; as, wildwood flowers; wildwood echoes.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Wile: Definition and part of speech

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Wile

  1. v. t. To draw or turn away, as by diversion; to while or while away; to cause to pass pleasantly.
  2. n. A trick or stratagem practiced for insnaring or deception; a sly, insidious; artifice; a beguilement; an allurement.
  3. v. t. To practice artifice upon; to deceive; to beguile; to allure.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.