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would

1  [wood; unstressed wuhd]
–verb
1. a pt. and pp. of will 1 .
2. (used to express the future in past sentences): He said he would go tomorrow.
3. (used in place of will, to make a statement or form a question less direct or blunt): That would scarcely be fair. Would you be so kind?
4. (used to express repeated or habitual action in the past): We would visit Grandma every morning up at the farm.
5. (used to express an intention or inclination): Nutritionists would have us all eat whole grains.
6. (used to express a wish): Would he were here!
7. (used to express an uncertainty): It would appear that he is guilty.
8. (used in conditional sentences to express choice or possibility): They would come if they had the fare. If the temperature were higher, the water would evaporate.
9. would have, (used with a past participle to express unfulfilled intention or preference): I would have saved you some but Jimmy took it all.
—Idioms
10. would like, (used to express desire): I would like to go next year.
11. would rather. rather (def. 8).
Use would in a Sentence
Origin:
bef. 900; ME, OE wolde. See will 1

Usage note:
See should.
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would

2  [wohld]
–noun
weld 2 .

will

1  [wil] auxiliary verb and verb, present singular 1st person will, 2nd will or (Archaic) wilt, 3rd will, present plural will; past singular 1st person would, 2nd would or (Archaic) wouldst, 3rd would, past plural would; past participle (Obsolete) wold or would; imperative, infinitive, and present participle lacking.
–auxiliary verb
1. am (is, are, etc.) about or going to: I will be there tomorrow. She will see you at dinner.
2. am (is, are, etc.) disposed or willing to: People will do right.
3. am (is, are, etc.) expected or required to: You will report to the principal at once.
4. may be expected or supposed to: You will not have forgotten him. This will be right.
5. am (is, are, etc.) determined or sure to (used emphatically): You would do it. People will talk.
6. am (is, are, etc.) accustomed to, or do usually or often: You will often see her sitting there. He would write for hours at a time.
7. am (is, are, etc.) habitually disposed or inclined to: Boys will be boys. After dinner they would read aloud.
8. am (is, are, etc.) capable of; can: This tree will live without water for three months.
9. am (is, are, etc.) going to: I will bid you “Good night.”
–verb (used with object), verb (used without object)
10. to wish; desire; like: Go where you will. Ask, if you will, who the owner is.
Origin:
bef. 900; ME willen, OE wyllan; c. D willen, G wollen, ON vilja, Goth wiljan; akin to L velle to wish

Usage note:
See shall.

will

2  [wil] noun, verb, willed, will⋅ing.
–noun
1. the faculty of conscious and especially of deliberate action; the power of control the mind has over its own actions: the freedom of the will.
2. power of choosing one's own actions: to have a strong or a weak will.
3. the act or process of using or asserting one's choice; volition: My hands are obedient to my will.
4. wish or desire: to submit against one's will.
5. purpose or determination, often hearty or stubborn determination; willfulness: to have the will to succeed.
6. the wish or purpose as carried out, or to be carried out: to work one's will.
7. disposition, whether good or ill, toward another.
8. Law.
a. a legal declaration of a person's wishes as to the disposition of his or her property or estate after death, usually written and signed by the testator and attested by witnesses.
b. the document containing such a declaration.
–verb (used with object)
9. to decide, bring about, or attempt to effect or bring about by an act of the will: He can walk if he wills it.
10. to purpose, determine on, or elect, by an act of will: If he wills success, he can find it.
11. to give or dispose of (property) by a will or testament; bequeath or devise.
12. to influence by exerting will power: She was willed to walk the tightrope by the hypnotist.
–verb (used without object)
13. to exercise the will: To will is not enough, one must do.
14. to decide or determine: Others debate, but the king wills.
—Idiom
15. at will,
a. at one's discretion or pleasure; as one desires: to wander at will through the countryside.
b. at one's disposal or command.
Origin:
bef. 900; (n.) ME will(e), OE will(a); c. D wil, G Wille, ON vili, Goth wilja; (v.) ME willen, OE willian to wish, desire, deriv. of the n.; akin to will 1

Related forms:
willer, noun

Synonyms:
3. choice. 4. pleasure, disposition, inclination. 5. resolution, decision. Will, volition refer to conscious choice as to action or thought. Will denotes fixed and persistent intent or purpose: Where there's a will there's a way. Volition is the power of forming an intention or the incentive for using the will: to exercise one's volition in making a decision. 9. determine. 11. leave.

weld

2  [weld]
–noun
1. a mignonette, Reseda luteola, of southern Europe, yielding a yellow dye.
2. the dye.
Also, wold, woald, would.
Also called dyer's rocket.

Origin:
1325–75; ME welde; c. MLG walde, MD woude
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will 2   (wĭl)   
aux.v.   Past tense would (wŏŏd)

  1. Used to indicate simple futurity: They will appear later.

  2. Used to indicate likelihood or certainty: You will regret this.

  3. Used to indicate willingness: Will you help me with this package?

  4. Used to indicate requirement or command: You will report to me afterward.

  5. Used to indicate intention: I will too if I feel like it.

  6. Used to indicate customary or habitual action: People will talk.

  7. Used to indicate capacity or ability: This metal will not crack under heavy pressure.

  8. Used to indicate probability or expectation: That will be the messenger ringing.

tr. & intr.v.  To wish; desire: Do what you will. Sit here if you will. See Usage Note at shall.

[Middle English willen, to intend to, from Old English willan; see wel-1 in Indo-European roots.]
would   (wŏŏd)   
aux.v.   Past tense of will2

  1. Used to express desire or intent: She said she would meet us at the corner.

  2. Used to express a wish: Would that we had gone with you!

  3. Used after a statement of desire, request, or advice: I wish you would stay.

  4. Used to make a polite request: Would you go with me?

  5. Used in the main clause of a conditional statement to express a possibility or likelihood: If I had enough money, I would buy a car. We would have gone to the beach, had the weather been good. See Usage Note at if.

  6. Used to express presumption or expectation: That would be Steve at the door.

  7. Used to indicate uncertainty: He would seem to be getting better.

  8. Used to express repeated or habitual action in the past: Every morning we would walk in the garden.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

will  (n.)
O.E. will, willa, from P.Gmc. *weljon (cf. O.S. willio, O.N. vili, O.Fris. willa, Du. wil, O.H.G. willio, Ger. wille, Goth. wilja "will"), related to *willan "to wish" (see will (v.)). The meaning "written document expressing a person's wishes about disposition of property after death" is first recorded c.1380.

would 
O.E. wolde, past tense of willan "to will" (see will (v.)). Would-be (adj.) "wishing, pretending" is first recorded c.1300.

weld  (n.)
plant (Resedo luteola) producing yellow dye, c.1374, from O.E. *wealde, perhaps a variant of O.E. wald "forest" (cf. M.L.G. walde, M.Du. woude). Sp. gualda, Fr. gaude are Gmc. loan-words.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Legal Dictionary

Main Entry: will
Function: transitive verb
1 : to order or direct by will <willed that his money be given to charity>
2 : to dispose of by will <willed the house to their children>
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Idioms & Phrases

would

In addition to the idioms beginning with would, also see as luck would have it; fly on the wall, would like to be a. Also see under wouldn't.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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