unˈwilled, ppl. a.
[un-1 8 + will v.1]
1. Not willed or intended; not decided by the will; involuntary; unintentional; undesigned.
| a 1540 Barnes Wks. (1573) 309/1 For our Lord can easely beare and suffer an vnwilled ignoraunce. 1598 Florio, Inuoluto, vnwilled, neuer consenting. a 1711 Ken Hymnarium Poet Wks. 1721 II. 133 We..are judg'd by Law innate, And God for unwill'd Failings will abate. ? 172. A. Hill Verses for Mr. Savage 25 Some secret fate for guilt unwill'd..Plung'd me thus deep in sorrow's searching flood. 1791 E. Darwin Bot. Garden ii. 93 She speaks..With words unwill'd, and wisdom not her own. 1803 J. Porter Thaddeus vi, This unfortunate event..was completely un⁓willed on my part. 1854 S. Dobell Balder xxiv. 168 At first..[it] Did stir thee with no more than an unwilled Attention. 1857 G. Macdonald Poems (1867) 68 My heart with unwilled love grew warm. |
2. Undesired. rare—0.
| 1648 Hexham ii, Ongewilt, Vnwilled, or not liked off. |
3. Left without being willed or purposed.
| 1863 Ld. Lytton Ring Amasis II. 291 Fool, to forget that Will can only be annihilated by Will; that good unwilled is evil willed. |