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What is the verb for willingness?

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will

(rare, transitive) To wish, desire (something). [9th-18th c.]
(rare, intransitive) To wish or desire (that something happen); to intend (that). [9th-19th c.]
(auxiliary) To habitually do (a given action). [from 9th c.]
(auxiliary) To choose to (do something), used to express intention but without any temporal connotations (+ bare infinitive). [from 10th c.]
(auxiliary) Used to express the future tense, sometimes with some implication of volition when used in the first person. Compare shall. [from 10th c.]
(auxiliary) To be able to, to have the capacity to. [from 14th c.]
Synonyms:

shall, am going to, intend to, want to, should, must, have to, ought to, be about to, be going to, mean to, ought, need, be under an obligation to, be obliged to, be compelled to, be under a compulsion to, have need to, need to, be obliged, decree, order, direct, intend, ordain, command, bid, cause, determine, effect, resolve, want, wish, authorise, authorize, demand, enjoin, exert, insist, request, decide on, bring about, choose to do, leave, bequeath, give, transfer, gift, devise, confer … more

Examples:

“I will drop by tomorrow to visit.”

“Do what you will as it matters not to me.”

“He would will his estate to his children.”

will

(archaic) To wish, desire. [9th–19th c.]
(transitive, intransitive) To instruct (that something be done) in one's will. [from 9th c.]
(transitive) To try to make (something) happen by using one's will (intention). [from 10th c.]
(transitive) To bequeath (something) to someone in one's will (legal document). [from 15th c.]
Synonyms:

Examples:

“I will drop by tomorrow to visit.”

“Do what you will as it matters not to me.”

“He would will his estate to his children.”

wile

To entice or lure
Archaic form of while, "to pass the time".
Synonyms:

beguile, allure, captivate, charm, fascinate, bewitch, enchant, magnetise, magnetize, witch, kill, attract, enthral, draw, enthrall, entrance, absorb, mesmerize, entice, delight, spellbind, lure, hypnotize, enrapture, rivet, seduce, mesmerise, hypnotise, wow, please, grip, transfix, dazzle, enamor, win over, engross, ravish, sweep off feet, enamour, win, tantalize, turn on, tantalise, tickle pink, interest, engage, entertain, divert, ensnare, titillate … more

willed

simple past tense and past participle of will
Synonyms:

willing

present participle of will

wille

Obsolete spelling of will

wills

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of will

willeth

(archaic) third-person singular simple present indicative form of will

willest

(archaic) second-person singular simple present form of will

wiled

simple past tense and past participle of wile
Synonyms:

Examples:

“Ben had wiled away the time watching other people and wondering what their reactions would be when Nakem's true intentions were revealed.”

“I had reams of research with me and wiled away the time outlining objectives and solutions for the new business proposal.”

“Babe Ruth wiled away his final years fishing, bowling and hunting.”

wiling

present participle of wile
Synonyms:

Examples:

“He tempers this hobby by wiling away the days with his loser friends, and the nights catching lightning bugs.”

“We must challenge ourselves as people who are wiling to do the best for our country and our fellow Canadians.”

“Some feel so strongly about the treatment of their fellow Muslims that they are wiling to bomb and murder others.”

woll

Obsolete form of will.
Examples:

“Now with their might they downe me pull, and bring me where they woll, the Blood of myne heart I wiss now causeth both Joy and blisse.”

“I charge you, as ye woll have my love, that ye warne your kynnesmen that ye woll beare that day the slyve of golde uppon your helmet.”

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