Defn: To howl. [Obs.] Wyclif.
WOULD
Would, imp. of Will. Etym: [OE. & AS. wolde. See Will, v. t.]
Defn: Commonly used as an auxiliary verb, either in the past tense or in the conditional or optative present. See 2d & 3d Will.
Note: Would was formerly used also as the past participle of Will.
Right as our Lord hath would. Chaucer.
WOULD
Would, n.
Defn: See 2d Weld.
WOULD-BE
Would"-be
Defn: ' (as, a would-be poet.
WOULDING
Would"ing, n.
Defn: Emotion of desire; inclination; velleity. [Obs.] Hammond.