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bends to someone's will

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

Meaning of bend to someone's will

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic, intransitive) To yield to persuasion or other pressure originating from someone.
    • Bangs beset her at every turn, meeting her in her walks and rides, coming on her when she was in the field, and could not escape from him, and urging his suit with persuasions, promises, and threats, determined to win her, in spite of the most firm and decided rejection repeated again and again.[…]...1893, Martha Finley, chapter 15, in The Tragedy of Wild River Valley

Questions about bends to someone's will

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

Words near bends to someone's will in the dictionary

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

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