Emily Dickinson Lexicon

LIST, v.i.² [Sax. lystan; G. lüsten; D. lusten; Sw. lysta; Dan. lyster. See Lust.]

The primary sense seems to be to lean, incline, advance or stretch toward. [See the noun.] Properly, to lean or incline; to be propense; hence, to desire or choose. Let other men think of your devices as they list. – Whitgift. The wind bloweth where it listeth. – John iii.