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bent to someone's will

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

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

Words near bent to someone's will in the dictionary

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

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