willing

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

WILLING, participle present tense 1. Determining; resolving; desiring. 2. Disposing of by will. WILLING, adjective 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 24:27. 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.
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