Lexicon: will, – wind

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will, (-ed, -ing, -s), v. [OE; see will, n.]

  1. Decide; demand; determine; enforce.
  2. To decide, bring about or effect.
  3. Disposed of by will; assigned by legal testament.

William, proper n. [Germanic Wilhelm, 'will' + helm, 'helmet'; see Kidd, proper n.]

willing, verbal adj. [see will, v.]

Ready; consenting; desirous; free to act.

wilt (-ed), v. [origin obscure.]

Dissolve; shrink; weaken; soften; lose power; lose vitality; droop; die.

wilted, adj. [see wilt, n.] (webplay: day).

wily, adj. [ON vel; craft, artifice, contrivance, engine.] (webplay: cunning).

Tricky; not benign; clever; purposeful; sly; crafty; cunning; artful.

win (-s, won), n. [OE winnan.] (webplay: courtship, country, heart, Kindness, time, way).

  1. Acquire money or something else, as by gambling.
  2. Vanquish, as in war, wind, or woe.
  3. Gain over impossible, uneven odds.
  4. Vanquish; kill; bear away.
  5. Gain by sweetness, by inducing, seducing.

wince (-d, -s), v. [OF guencir; dial.]

  1. Regret keenly; make a face preparing to weep.
  2. Ache; react to pleasure or pain.
  3. React to danger.

wincing, verbal adj. [see wince, v.] (webplay: back, shrink).

Cringing; flinching; recoiling; hurting; pained; wounded; [fig.] reacting to pricks of conscience.

wind (-s, -'s), n. [OE wind.]

  1. Air in motion; currents, gale or storm.
  2. Breath; respiration; life.
  3. The four winds, cardinal points of the heavens.
  4. Influential force or trend.