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bends someone's will

bends someone's will is the third-person singular simple present indicative of bend someone's will.

Meaning of bend someone's will

Verb

bend someone's will (third-person singular simple present bends someone's will, present participle bending someone's will, simple past and past participle bent someone's will)

  1. (idiomatic, transitive) To persuade or otherwise induce someone to change his or her views or to choose a different course of action.
    • [W]hen Catherine tried to draw him to court by proposing a marriage between him and her youngest daughter Margaret, Jeanne left him at home, and went herself to court. Catherine tried in vain to bend her will.1882, Charlotte M. Yonge, History of France, ch. 5: The Wars of Religion

Questions about bends someone's will

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Bends someone's will is the third-person singular simple present indicative of bend someone's will.

Words near bends someone's will in the dictionary

  1. bends over
  2. bends over backward
  3. bends over backwards
  4. bends sinister
  5. bends someone's ear
  6. bends someone's will
  7. bends the brain
  8. bends the knee
  9. bends the rules
  10. bends the truth
  11. bends to one's will

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