willed

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adjective

Having a document specifying inheritance.

OriginEnglish will ← Middle English wille ← Old English willa →
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Meanings

willed1

adjectivewilled (comparative more willed, superlative most willed)

comparative more willed · superlative most willed

  1. Having a document specifying inheritance.
  2. in compoundsHaving a will (of a specified kind).

    The free-willed subject here is the subject formation enacted by the party who is going to be visited with a fortunate (or unfortunate) legal consequence.

    1998, Pierre Schlag, Laying Down the Law: Mysticism, Fetishism, and the American Legal Mind
  3. Brought under the will of another person.

willed2

verb
  1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of will

Origin

willed · adjective

  1. Old Englishwilla
  2. Middle Englishwille
  3. Englishwill
  4. Englishwilled

From will (noun) + -ed.

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willed · verb

See will (verb).

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Cite this entry
APA

willed. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/willed

MLA

“willed.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/willed. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “willed,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/willed.

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