n (archaic)desire | Desire, longing. (Now generally merged with later senses.) (defdate|from 9th c.)
n One's independent faculty of choice; the ability to be able to exercise one's choice or intention. (defdate|from 9th c.)
n One's intention or decision; someone's orders or commands. (defdate|from 9th c.)
n (archaic) That which is desired; one's wish. (defdate|from 10th c.)
n The act of choosing to do something; a person’s conscious intent or volition. (defdate|from 10th c.)
n A formal declaration of one's intent concerning the disposal of one's property and holdings after death; the legal document stating such wishes. (defdate|from 14th c.)
v (obsolete) To wish, desire. (defdate|9th-19th c.)
v (transitive|intransitive) To instruct (that something be done) in one's will. (defdate|from 9th c.)
v (transitive) To try to make (something) happen by using one's will (intention). (defdate|from 10th c.)
v (transitive) To bequeath (something) to someone in one's will (legal document). (defdate|from 15th c.)
v (rare|transitive) To wish, desire (something). (defdate|9th-18th c.)
v (rare|intransitive) To wish or desire (that something happen); to intend (that). (defdate|9th-19th c.)
v (auxiliary) To habitually do (a given action). (defdate|from 9th c.)
v (auxiliary) To choose to (do something), used to express intention but without any temporal connotations (+ bare infinitive). (defdate|from 10th c.)
v (auxiliary) Used to express the future tense, formerly with some implication of volition when used in first person. Compare (term|shall). (defdate|from 10th c.)
v (auxiliary) To be able to, to have the capacity to. (defdate|from 14th c.)