Will"ful (?), a. [Will + full.]
[Written also wilful.]
1. Of set purpose; self-determined; voluntary; as,
willful murder. Foxe.
In willful poverty chose to lead his
life.
Chaucer.
Thou to me
Art all things under heaven, all places thou,
Who, for my willful crime, art banished hence.
Milton.
2. Governed by the will without yielding to reason;
obstinate; perverse; inflexible; stubborn; refractory; as, a willful
man or horse.
-- Will"ful*ly, adv. --
Will"ful*ness, n.
Will"ful (?), a. [Will + full.]
[Written also wilful.]
1. Of set purpose; self-determined; voluntary; as,
willful murder. Foxe.
In willful poverty chose to lead his
life.
Chaucer.
Thou to me
Art all things under heaven, all places thou,
Who, for my willful crime, art banished hence.
Milton.
2. Governed by the will without yielding to reason;
obstinate; perverse; inflexible; stubborn; refractory; as, a willful
man or horse.
-- Will"ful*ly, adv. --
Will"ful*ness, n.
