Will vs. Gift

Willverb

To wish, desire (something).

Willverb

To wish or desire (that something happen); to intend (that).

Willverb

(auxiliary) To habitually do (a given action).

Willverb

(auxiliary) To choose to (do something), used to express intention but without any temporal connotations (+ bare infinitive).

Willverb

(auxiliary) Used to express the future tense, sometimes with some implication of volition when used in the first person. Compare shall.

Willverb

(auxiliary) To be able to, to have the capacity to.

Willverb

(archaic) To wish, desire.

Willverb

To instruct (that something be done) in one's will.

Willverb

(transitive) To try to make (something) happen by using one's will (intention).

Willverb

(transitive) To bequeath (something) to someone in one's will (legal document).

Willnoun

One's independent faculty of choice; the ability to be able to exercise one's choice or intention.

Willnoun

One's intention or decision; someone's orders or commands.

Willnoun

The act of choosing to do something; a person’s conscious intent or volition.

Willnoun

A formal declaration of one's intent concerning the disposal of one's property and holdings after death; the legal document stating such wishes.

Willnoun

(archaic) That which is desired; one's wish.

Willnoun

(archaic) Desire, longing. (Now generally merged with later senses.)

Willnoun

The power of choosing; the faculty or endowment of the soul by which it is capable of choosing; the faculty or power of the mind by which we decide to do or not to do; the power or faculty of preferring or selecting one of two or more objects.

Willnoun

The choice which is made; a determination or preference which results from the act or exercise of the power of choice; a volition.

Willnoun

The choice or determination of one who has authority; a decree; a command; discretionary pleasure.

Willnoun

Strong wish or inclination; desire; purpose.

Willnoun

That which is strongly wished or desired.

Willnoun

Arbitrary disposal; power to control, dispose, or determine.

Willnoun

The legal declaration of a person's mind as to the manner in which he would have his property or estate disposed of after his death; the written instrument, legally executed, by which a man makes disposition of his estate, to take effect after his death; testament; devise. See the Note under Testament, 1.

Willverb

To wish; to desire; to incline to have.

Willverb

As an auxiliary, will is used to denote futurity dependent on the verb. Thus, in first person, "I will" denotes willingness, consent, promise; and when "will" is emphasized, it denotes determination or fixed purpose; as, I will go if you wish; I will go at all hazards. In the second and third persons, the idea of distinct volition, wish, or purpose is evanescent, and simple certainty is appropriately expressed; as, "You will go," or "He will go," describes a future event as a fact only. To emphasize will denotes (according to the tone or context) certain futurity or fixed determination.

Willverb

To be willing; to be inclined or disposed; to be pleased; to wish; to desire.

Willverb

To form a distinct volition of; to determine by an act of choice; to ordain; to decree.

Willverb

To enjoin or command, as that which is determined by an act of volition; to direct; to order.

Willverb

To give or direct the disposal of by testament; to bequeath; to devise; as, to will one's estate to a child; also, to order or direct by testament; as, he willed that his nephew should have his watch.

Willverb

To exercise an act of volition; to choose; to decide; to determine; to decree.

Willnoun

the capability of conscious choice and decision and intention;

Willnoun

a fixed and persistent intent or purpose;

Willnoun

a legal document declaring a person's wishes regarding the disposal of their property when they die

Willverb

decree or ordain;

Willverb

have in mind;

Willverb

determine by choice;

Willverb

leave or give by will after one's death;

Giftnoun

Something given to another voluntarily, without charge.

Giftnoun

A talent or natural ability.

Giftnoun

Something gained incidentally, without effort.

Giftnoun

The act, right, or power of giving or bestowing.

Giftverb

(transitive) To give as a gift or donation.

Giftverb

(transitive) To give away, to concede easily.

Giftnoun

Anything given; anything voluntarily transferred by one person to another without compensation; a present; an offering.

Giftnoun

The act, right, or power of giving or bestowing; as, the office is in the gift of the President.

Giftnoun

A bribe; anything given to corrupt.

Giftnoun

Some exceptional inborn quality or characteristic; a striking or special talent or aptitude; power; faculty; as, the gift of wit; a gift for speaking.

Giftnoun

A voluntary transfer of real or personal property, without any consideration. It can be perfected only by deed, or in case of personal property, by an actual delivery of possession.

Giftverb

To endow with some power or faculty. See gift{4}.

Giftnoun

something acquired without compensation

Giftnoun

natural qualities or talents

Giftnoun

the act of giving

Giftverb

give qualities or abilities to

Giftverb

give as a present; make a gift of;

Gift

A gift or a present is an item given to someone without the expectation of payment or anything in return. An item is not a gift if that item is already owned by the one to whom it is given.