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Verb
  1. (heading) As a past-tense form of will.
    1. (obsolete) Wished, desired (something). [9th-19th c.]
    2. (archaic) Wanted to ( + bare infinitive). [from 9th c.]
    3. Used to; was or were habitually accustomed to ( + bare infinitive); indicating an action in the past that happened repeatedly or commonly. [from 9th c.]
    4. Used with bare infinitive to form the "anterior future", indicating a futurity relative to a past time. [from 9th c.]
    5. (archaic) Used with ellipsis of the infinitive verb, or postponement to a relative clause, in various senses. [from 9th c.]
    6. Was determined to; loosely, could naturally have been expected to (given the tendencies of someone's character etc.). [from 18th c.]
  2. (heading) As a modal verb, the subjunctive of will.
    1. Used to give a conditional or potential "softening" to the present; might, might wish. [from 9th c.]
    2. Used as the auxiliary of the simple conditional modality (with a bare infinitive); indicating an action or state that is conditional on another. [from 9th c.]
    3. (chiefly archaic) Might wish ( + verb in past subjunctive); often used in the first person (with or without that) in the sense of "if only". [from 13th c.]
    4. Used to impart a sense of hesitancy or uncertainty to the present; might be inclined to. Now sometimes colloquially with ironic effect. [from 15th c.]
    5. Used interrogatively to express a polite request; are (you) willing to …? [from 15th c.]
    6. (chiefly archaic, transitive or control verb) Might desire; wish (something). [from 15th c.]
Noun
  1. Something that would happen, or would be the case, under different circumstances; a potentiality.
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