Will"ing (?), a. [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.
Will"ing (?), a. [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.