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nill

  [nil] verb, nilled, nill⋅ing. Archaic.
Use nill in a Sentence
–verb (used without object)
1. to be unwilling: will he, nill he.
–verb (used with object)
2. to refuse or reject.
Origin:
bef. 900; ME nillen, OE nyllan, contr. of phrase ne willan; see no 1 , will 1 , willy-nilly
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nill   (nĭl)   
v.   nilled, nill·ing, nills Obsolete

v.   tr.
Not to will; not to wish.
v.   intr.
To be unwilling; will not.

[Middle English nilen, from Old English nyllan : ne, not; see ne in Indo-European roots + willan, to desire; see wel-1 in Indo-European roots.]
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