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bewilling

bewilling is the present participle and gerund of bewill.

Meaning of bewill

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.

Questions about bewilling

What is bewilling the present participle and gerund of?
Bewilling is the present participle and gerund of bewill.

Words near bewilling in the dictionary

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

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