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  1. imp. of Will
  2. v. t. Commonly used as an auxiliary verb, either in the past tense or in the conditional or optative present. See 2d & 3d Will.
  3. n. See 2d Weld.
  4. Commonly used as an auxiliary verb, either in the past tense or in the conditional or optative present. See 2d & 3d Will. Note: Would was formerly used also as the past participle of Will. Right as our Lord hath would. Chaucer. See 2d Weld.
  5. Commonly used as an auxiliary verb, either in the past tense orin the conditional or optative present. See 2d & 3d Will.
  6. v:100 imp. of Will v. t. Commonly used as an auxiliary verb, either in the past tense or in the conditional or optative present. See 2d & 3d Will. n. See 2d Weld.