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nill

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4
Pronunciation
/nɪl/

Definition of nill

7 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included

verb

  1. (auxiliary, modal, obsolete)To be unwilling; will not (+ infinitive).
    “I here auow thee neuer to forſake. Ill weares he armes, that nill them vſe for Ladies ſake.”
    “What I nill tell, you aske (quoth ſhe) in vaine, Nor mou’d by praier, nor conſtraind by powre[…]”
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verb

  1. (auxiliary, modal, obsolete)To be unwilling; will not (+ infinitive).
    “I here auow thee neuer to forſake. Ill weares he armes, that nill them vſe for Ladies ſake.”
    “What I nill tell, you aske (quoth ſhe) in vaine, Nor mou’d by praier, nor conſtraind by powre[…]”
  2. (archaic, intransitive)To be unwilling.
    “I must indeed abide the Doom of Men, whether I will or I nill:[…]”
  3. (archaic, transitive)To reject, refuse, negate.
    “Certes (ſayd he) I n’ill thine offred grace, Ne to be made ſo happy doe intend[…].”

noun

  1. Shining sparks thrown off from melted brass.
  2. Scales of hot iron from the forge.
  3. (obsolete, uncountable)Synonym of zinc oxide, particularly white forms used in medicine and cosmetics.

name

  1. A surname.

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Etymology

From Middle English nillen, from Old English nyllan (“to not want”), corresponding to ne + will. Cognate with Old Frisian nelle. Not directly related to Latin nolo, which is an independent construction of the same manner, but the morphemes that compound both verbs are cognates.

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