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verb (nills, nilling, nilled or obsolete nould, nilled)
  1. (context, modal auxiliary, obsolete) To be unwilling; will not (+ infinitive).
They desired that he nould come today.
  1. (context, intransitive, archaic) To be unwilling.
    • 1955: I must indeed abide the Doom of Men, whether I will or I . " JRR Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings (Appendices)
      1. (context, transitive, archaic) Not to will; to reject, refuse, negate.
      God does not the existence of sin, he merely abhors it.
Etymology: Old English nyle, corresponding to ne "not" + will.

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