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willed on

willed on is the simple past and past participle of will on.

Meaning of will on

Verb

will on (third-person singular simple present wills on, present participle willing on, simple past and past participle willed on)

  1. To wish intensely that someone succeeds in what they are doing. Often implies a silent, or almost inaudible wish.
    • The pleasure of identifying with Rambo as he kicks and punches his persecutors is the willing him on to succeed.1992, Jonathan Rutherford, Men's Silences: Predicaments in Masculinity, page 180

Questions about willed on

What is willed on the simple past and past participle of?
Willed on is the simple past and past participle of will on.

Words near willed on in the dictionary

  1. wille
  2. Wille zur Macht
  3. Willebrand
  4. Willebroek
  5. willed
  6. willed on
  7. willed the good of another
  8. willedness
  9. Willeford
  10. Willefords
  11. willemite

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Adapted from Wiktionary: willed on (page history and authors); will on (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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