"bewill" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /bɪˈwɪl/ Forms: bewills [present, singular, third-person], bewilling [participle, present], bewilled [participle, past], bewilled [past]
Etymology: From be- + will. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|be|will}} be- + will Head templates: {{en-verb}} bewill (third-person singular simple present bewills, present participle bewilling, simple past and past participle bewilled)
  1. (transitive) To will (to); bequeath by a will or testament. Tags: transitive Derived forms: bewilled
    Sense id: en-bewill-en-verb-Ptzj9q7D
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /bɪˈwɪl/ Forms: bewills [present, singular, third-person], bewilling [participle, present], bewilled [participle, past], bewilled [past]
Etymology: From be- + will (“wandering, stray, lost in error”). Cognate with Scots bewild (“to bewill”). Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|be|will|t2=wandering, stray, lost in error}} be- + will (“wandering, stray, lost in error”), {{cog|sco|bewild||to bewill}} Scots bewild (“to bewill”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} bewill (third-person singular simple present bewills, present participle bewilling, simple past and past participle bewilled)
  1. (UK dialectal, Scotland) To cause to go astray. Tags: Scotland, UK, dialectal
    Sense id: en-bewill-en-verb-YrhM3Ogx Categories (other): British English, Scottish English, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with be- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 86 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with be-: 15 85
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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