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bewill

/bɪˈwɪl/

bewill verb: to will (to); bequeath by a will or testament.

Verb (1)

bewill (third-person singular simple present bewills, present participle bewilling, simple past and past participle bewilled)

  1. (transitive) To will (to); bequeath by a will or testament.
    • The other testamentary writing was on stamped paper, and was as follows: "This is my last will and testament, at my death for "my husband to bewill to him the sum of 300/., which is now "in the joint stock annuities, for his own use [...]"1800, Charles Viner, A general abridgment of law and equity

Verb (2)

bewill (third-person singular simple present bewills, present participle bewilling, simple past and past participle bewilled)

  1. (Scotland, UK, dialectal) To cause to go astray.

Forms of bewill

third-person singular presentbewills
present participlebewilling
past participlebewilled
pastbewilled

Origin of bewill

From be- + will.

From be- + will (“wandering, stray, lost in error”). Cognate with Scots bewild (“to bewill”).

Words formed from bewill

Questions about bewill

What does bewill mean?
Bewill means to will (to); bequeath by a will or testament.
What part of speech is bewill?
Bewill is a verb.
How do you pronounce bewill?
Bewill is pronounced /bɪˈwɪl/.
What is the past tense of bewill?
The past tense of bewill is bewilled.

Words near bewill in the dictionary

  1. bewilders
  2. bewile
  3. bewiled
  4. bewiles
  5. bewiling
  6. bewill
  7. bewilled
  8. bewilling
  9. bewills
  10. bewimple
  11. bewimpled

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