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will-force

will-force noun: power gained purely from desire or will.

Noun

will-force (uncountable)

  1. Power gained purely from desire or will.
    • Both Leo and myself rushed to her - she was stone dead - blasted into death by some mysterious electric agency or overwhelming will-force whereof the dread She had command.1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC
    • His little wife, insensible to all appearance, was slung over his great shoulder, and he blundered and thundered up the stair, scrambling and tripping, but carrying himself and her through sheer will-force through that mephitic atmosphere to the haven of temporary safety.1913, Arthur Conan Doyle, “(please specify the page)”, in The Poison Belt […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC

Questions about will-force

What does will-force mean?
Will-force means power gained purely from desire or will.
What part of speech is will-force?
Will-force is a noun.

Words near will-force in the dictionary

  1. will you marry me
  2. will've
  3. will-call
  4. will-calls
  5. will-fire
  6. will-force
  7. will-in-the-wisp
  8. will-less
  9. will-lessly
  10. will-maker
  11. will-makers

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