would
would is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 2 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.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.
- 2.See 2d Weld.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- about
- after
- all
- altruism
- approach
- await
- benevolence
- beyond
- block
- brewing
- certainly
- chance
- chivalrous
- chivalry
- close
- come
- coming
- death
- destiny
- devoted
- devotion
- disinterested
- disinterestedness
- distance
- done
- doom
- elevated
- elevation
- embryo
- eventually
- everlasting
- exaltation
- exalted
- existence
- expectation
- face
- for
- foreordain
- forthcoming
- future
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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