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bent to one's will

bent to one's will is the simple past and past participle 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 bent to one's will

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

Words near bent to one's will in the dictionary

  1. Bent Spears
  2. bent the brain
  3. bent the knee
  4. bent the rules
  5. bent the truth
  6. bent to one's will
  7. bent to someone's will
  8. bent-grass
  9. bent-side
  10. bent-sides
  11. Bentalah

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