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bent someone's will

bent someone's will is the simple past and past participle 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

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What is bent someone's will the simple past and past participle of?
Bent someone's will is the simple past and past participle of bend someone's will.

Words near bent someone's will in the dictionary

  1. bent one's elbow
  2. bent over
  3. bent over backward
  4. bent over backwards
  5. bent someone's ear
  6. bent someone's will
  7. Bent Spear
  8. Bent Spears
  9. bent the brain
  10. bent the knee
  11. bent the rules

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