bend to one's will
bend to one's will verb: to compel someone or something to conform to one's desires.
Verb
bend to one's will (third-person singular simple present bends to one's will, present participle bending to one's will, simple past and past participle bent to one's will)
- To compel someone or something to conform to one's desires.
- Cenci: For Beatrice worse terrors are in store / To bend her to my will.
Lucretia: Oh! to what will? / What cruel sufferings more than she has known / Canst thou inflict?1820, Percy Bysshe Shelley, The Cenci, act 4, sc. 1 - His wicked lust for gold kindled at the news, and he bent her to his will.1892, Arthur Conan Doyle, “The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet”, in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
- Cenci: For Beatrice worse terrors are in store / To bend her to my will.
Forms of bend to one's will
| third-person singular present | bends to one's will |
|---|---|
| present participle | bending to one's will |
| past participle | bent to one's will |
| past | bent to one's will |
Questions about bend to one's will
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- Bend to one's will means to compel someone or something to conform to one's desires.
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- The past tense of bend to one's will is bent to one's will.
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