Category:Willing

Will"ing, a. Etym: [from will, v. t.]

1. Free to do or to grant; having the mind inclined; not opposed in Mind; not choosing to refuse; disposed; not averse; desirous; Consenting; complying; ready. Felix, willing to show the jews a pleasure, left paul bound. Acts Xxiv. 27. With wearied wings and willing feet. Milton. [fruit] shaken in august from the willing boughs. Bryant.

2. Received of choice, or without reluctance; submitted to Voluntarily; chosen; desired. [they] are held, with his melodious harmony, in willing chains and Sweet captivity. Milton.

3. Spontaneous; self-moved. [r.] No spouts of blood run willing from a tree. Dryden.