nills
nills is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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)
- 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
- I here auow thee neuer to forſake.
- 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...
- 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
- Certes (ſayd he) I n’ill thine offred grace,
Proper noun capitalized: Nills
Nills
- plural of Nill
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