Dictionary entry

Will (5)

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Will, v. i. To exercise an act of volition; to choose; to decide; to determine; to decree.

At Winchester he lies, so himself willed. Robert of Brunne.

He that shall turn his thoughts inward upon what passes in his own mind when he wills. Locke.

I contend for liberty as it signifies a power in man to do as he wills or pleases. Collins.