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bends to one's will

bends to one's will is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 bends to one's will

What is bends to one's will the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Bends to one's will is the third-person singular simple present indicative of bend to one's will.

Words near bends to one's will in the dictionary

  1. bends someone's will
  2. bends the brain
  3. bends the knee
  4. bends the rules
  5. bends the truth
  6. bends to one's will
  7. bends to someone's will
  8. bendsome
  9. bendways
  10. bendwise
  11. bendy

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