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== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_193439" /> == | |||
<p> '''(1):''' ''' (''' n.) The result of an act or exercise of choosing or willing; a state of choice. </p> <p> '''(2):''' ''' (''' n.) The power of willing or determining; will. </p> <p> '''(3):''' ''' (''' n.) The act of willing or choosing; the act of forming a purpose; the exercise of the will. </p> | |||
== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_65026" /> == | |||
<p> (Lat. volo, "to will") is that act of the mind by which it knowingly exerts that dominion which it possesses over any part of the man, by employing it in, or withholding it from, any particular action. (See Will). </p> | <p> (Lat. volo, "to will") is that act of the mind by which it knowingly exerts that dominion which it possesses over any part of the man, by employing it in, or withholding it from, any particular action. (See Will). </p> | ||
==References == | ==References == | ||
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<ref name="term_193439"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/webster-s-dictionary/volition Volition from Webster's Dictionary]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_65026"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/volition Volition from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> | <ref name="term_65026"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/volition Volition from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> | ||
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Latest revision as of 16:32, 15 October 2021
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1): ( n.) The result of an act or exercise of choosing or willing; a state of choice.
(2): ( n.) The power of willing or determining; will.
(3): ( n.) The act of willing or choosing; the act of forming a purpose; the exercise of the will.
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [2]
(Lat. volo, "to will") is that act of the mind by which it knowingly exerts that dominion which it possesses over any part of the man, by employing it in, or withholding it from, any particular action. (See Will).
