volitient

English

Etymology

See volition.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vəˈlɪʃənt/

Adjective

volitient (comparative more volitient, superlative most volitient)

1. Exercising the will; acting from choice.
   • 1844, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, A Drama of Exile:

     What I do, I do volitient, not obedient.

Translations

Translations

• Finnish: tahdonalainen

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “volitient”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)