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nilled

nilled is the past participle of nill.

Meaning of nill

Verb

nill (third-person singular simple present nills, present participle nilling, simple past and past participle nilled or (obsolete) nould)

  1. (auxiliary, modal, obsolete) To be unwilling; will not (+ infinitive).
    • I here auow thee neuer to forſake.
      Ill weares he armes, that nill them vſe for Ladies ſake.1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto V”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, page 465
  2. (archaic, intransitive) To be unwilling.
    • I must indeed abide the Doom of Men, whether I will or I nill:[…]1955 October 20, J[ohn] R[onald] R[euel] Tolkien, “Appendix A”, in The Return of the King: Being the Third Part of The Lord of the Rings […], New York, N.Y.: Ballantine Books, published December...
  3. (archaic, transitive) To reject, refuse, negate.
    • Certes (ſayd he) I n’ill thine offred grace,
      Ne to be made ſo happy doe intend[…].1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto VII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, page 280

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Questions about nilled

What is nilled the past participle of?
Nilled is the past participle of nill.

Words near nilled in the dictionary

  1. nilla
  2. nillable
  3. nillae
  4. nillaes
  5. nillas
  6. nilled
  7. nilling
  8. nillionaire
  9. nillionaires
  10. nills
  11. Nillumbik

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