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bending to one's will

bending to one's will is the present participle and gerund of bend to one's will.

Meaning of bend to one's will

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)

  1. (idiomatic, transitive) 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

Questions about bending to one's will

What is bending to one's will the present participle and gerund of?
Bending to one's will is the present participle and gerund of bend to one's will.

Words near bending to one's will in the dictionary

  1. bending someone's will
  2. bending the brain
  3. bending the knee
  4. bending the rules
  5. bending the truth
  6. bending to one's will
  7. bending to someone's will
  8. bendingly
  9. bendings
  10. bendiocarb
  11. bendir

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