the power of choosing; the faculty or endowment of the soul by which it is capable of choosing; the faculty or power of the mind by which we decide to do or not to do; the power or faculty of preferring or selecting one of two or more objects.-the choice which is made; a determination or preference which results from the act or exercise of the power of choice; a volition.-the choice or determination of one who has authority; a decree; a command; discretionary pleasure.-strong wish or inclination; desire; purpose.-that which is strongly wished or desired.-arbitrary disposal; power to control, dispose, or determine.-the legal declaration of a person's mind as to the manner in which he would have his property or estate disposed of after his death; the written instrument, legally executed, by which a man makes disposition of his estate, to take effect after his death; testament; devise.  see the note under testament, 1.-to wish; to desire; to incline to have.-as an auxiliary, will is used to denote futurity dependent on the verb. thus, in first person, "i will" denotes willingness, consent, promise; and when "will" is emphasized, it denotes determination or fixed purpose; as, i will go if you wish; i will go at all hazards. in the second and third persons, the idea of distinct volition, wish, or purpose is evanescent, and simple certainty is appropriately expressed; as, "you will go," or "he will go," describes a future event as a fact only. to emphasize will denotes (according to the tone or context) certain futurity or fixed determination.-to be willing; to be inclined or disposed; to be pleased; to wish; to desire.-to form a distinct volition of; to determine by an act of choice; to ordain; to decree.-to enjoin or command, as that which is determined by an act of volition; to direct; to order.-to give or direct the disposal of by testament; to bequeath; to devise; as, to will one's estate to a child; also, to order or direct by testament; as, he willed that his nephew should have his watch.-to exercise an act of volition; to choose; to decide; to determine; to decree.