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Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Would

Would (wo͝od), imp. of Will. [OE. & AS. wolde. See Will, v. t.] Commonly used as an auxiliary verb, either in the past tense or in the conditional or optative present. See 2d & 3d Will.

☞ Would was formerly used also as the past participle of Will.

Right as our Lord hath would. Chaucer.

Would (wo͞old), n. See 2d Weld.

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Noah Porter, editor (Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913). Public domain. Text as transcribed by MICRA, Inc., from Project Gutenberg. Changed for Deep Dive Bible: Greek, which our source spelled in Latin letters, set in Greek letters; entries of one spelling merged into one article.