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nill
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nill
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nɪl
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verb,
nilled,
nill·ing.
Archaic
.
verb (used without object)
1.
to be unwilling:
will he, nill he.
verb (used with object)
2.
to refuse or reject.
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Nill
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to bark; yelp.
to expurgate (a written work) by removing or modifying passages considered vulgar or objectionable.
to introduce subtleties into or argue subtly about.
chat, to converse
to flee; abscond:
to bark; yelp.
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Origin:
before 900;
Middle English
nillen,
Old English
nyllan,
contraction of phrase
ne willan
;
see
no
1
,
will
1
,
willy-nilly
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