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Webster 1913 Edition


Unwill

Un-will′

,
Verb.
T.
[1st pref.
un-
+
will
.]
To annul or reverse by an act of the will.
Longfellow.

Definition 2024


unwill

unwill

English

Noun

unwill (plural unwills)

  1. Lack or absence of will; willlessness; undesire.
    • 2005, Melodie Calvert, Jennifer Terry, Processed Lives:
      The first challenge to shaping and taming this emerging world is the will itself and the human problem of unwill, especially in relation to femininity.

Etymology 2

From un- (reverse action prefix) + will (verb).

Verb

unwill (third-person singular simple present unwills, present participle unwilling, simple past and past participle unwilled)

  1. (transitive) To annul or reverse by an act of the will.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Longfellow to this entry?)