willed

English

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *welh₁-der.

Proto-Germanic *wiljaną

Proto-Germanic *wiljô

Proto-West Germanic *willjō

Old English willa

Middle English wille

English will

English -ed

English willed

From will (noun) + -ed.

Adjective

willed (comparative more willed, superlative most willed)

1. Having a document specifying inheritance.
2. (chiefly in combination) Having a will (of a specified kind).
   • 1998, Pierre Schlag, Laying Down the Law: Mysticism, Fetishism, and the American Legal Mind:

     The free-willed subject here is the subject formation enacted by the party who is going to be visited with a fortunate (or unfortunate) legal consequence.

3. Brought under the will of another person.

Derived terms

• ill-willed
• iron-willed
• self-willed
• strong-willed
• unwilled
• weak-willed
• willedness

Etymology 2

See will (verb).

Verb

willed

1. simple past and past participle of will