# willed

Pronunciation: say "WILD" /wɪɫd/

## Adjective

1. Having a will or determination of a specified kind.
   - Simple: Having a will of a certain kind, such as strong or weak.
   - _The strong-willed negotiator refused every compromise on the table._
   - _Iron-willed and disciplined, she trained right through the injury._
3. Having a will: a legal document that sets out who inherits a person's property.
   - Simple: Having a will, which is a paper that says who gets your things after you die.
   - _The willed estate moved through probate without any family disputes._
   - _Lawyers prefer a willed inheritance to the tangle of intestate succession._
4. Brought under the will of another person and made to act according to it.
   - Simple: Made to do what another person wants, under their control.
   - _The willed prisoner obeyed his captors as though he had no mind of his own._
   - _Cult survivors often describe a willed obedience that erased their own wishes._

## Verb

2. Simple past and past participle of will. — simple past and past participle of will
   - Simple: Past tense of will. Use this form when talking about something a person did or decided earlier.
   - _The widow willed her jewelry collection to a young niece._
   - _Stranded on the cliff, she willed her hands to keep gripping the rock._

## Origin

Formed from the noun "will" combined with the suffix "-ed".

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/willed (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).