Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Emotion of desire; impulse; inclination.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete Emotion of desire; inclination; velleity.
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- noun obsolete An
emotion ofdesire ; aninclination ;velleity .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Someone call easily rouse you, as they woulding your name will no longer easily rouse you, as they would from Stage II sleep; instead, you may be oblivious to the sound.
Solve Your Child’s Sleep Problems M.D. Richard Ferber 2006
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Someone call easily rouse you, as they woulding your name will no longer easily rouse you, as they would from Stage II sleep; instead, you may be oblivious to the sound.
Solve Your Child’s Sleep Problems M.D. Richard Ferber 2006
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We could hear the gentleman singing to himself, something about woulding he was a bird that he might fly to thee.
New Treasure Seekers Edith 1925
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We could hear the gentleman singing to himself, something about woulding he was a bird that he might fly to thee.
New Treasure Seekers or, The Bastable Children in Search of a Fortune 1891
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Wishing and woulding, if that be all, are not praying.
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume VI (Acts to Revelation) 1721
chained_bear commented on the word woulding
"'...No, what I am afraid for is that wretched fished mizen. Mr Lamb is of the same opinion. How he regrets not having clapped on a double woulding while there was yet time!'"
--Patrick O'Brian, The Far Side of the World, 385
February 23, 2008