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Webster 1913 Edition
Willing
1.
Free to do or to grant; having the mind inclined; not opposed in mind; not choosing to refuse; disposed; not averse; desirous; consenting; complying; ready.
Felix,
willing
to show the Jews a pleasure, left Paul bound. Acts xxiv. 27.
With wearied wings and
willing
feet. Milton.
[Fruit] shaken in August from the
willing
boughs. Bryant.
2.
Received of choice, or without reluctance; submitted to voluntarily; chosen; desired.
[They] are held, with his melodious harmony,
In
In
willing
chains and sweet captivity. Milton.
3.
Spontaneous; self-moved.
[R.]
No spouts of blood run
willing
from a tree. Dryden.
Webster 1828 Edition
Willing
WILLING
,ppr.
1.
Determining; resolving; desiring.2.
Disposing of by will.WILLING
,Adj.
1.
Free to do or grant; having the mind inclined; disposed; not averse. Let every man give, who is able and willing.2.
Pleased; desirous.Felix, willing to show the Jews a pleasure. Acts 24.
3.
Ready; prompt.He stoopd with weary wings and willing feet.
4.
Chosen; received of choice or without reluctance; as, to be held in willing chains.5.
Spontaneous.No spouts of blood run wiling from a tree.
6.
Consenting.