bewill
English
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editEtymology 1
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editbewill (third-person singular simple present bewills, present participle bewilling, simple past and past participle bewilled)
- (transitive) To will (to); bequeath by a will or testament.
- 1800, Charles Viner, A general abridgment of law and equity:
- The other testamentary writing was on stamped paper, and was as follows: "This is my last will and testament, at my death for "my husband to bewill to him the sum of 300/., which is now "in the joint stock annuities, for his own use [...]"
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editEtymology 2
editFrom be- + will (“wandering, stray, lost in error”). Cognate with Scots bewild (“to bewill”).
Verb
editbewill (third-person singular simple present bewills, present participle bewilling, simple past and past participle bewilled)