Willing

Easton’s Bible Dictionary & Webster’s 1828 Dictionary · Matthew George Easton, Noah Webster

Willing - (Webster's 1828 Dictionary)

WILLING, ppr.

1. Determining; resolving; desiring.

2. Disposing of by will.

WILLING, a.

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.

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.

Source of the article

Matthew George Easton, Easton’s Bible Dictionary; Noah Webster, American Dictionary of the English Language (1828)

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