vouloir
French → English
verb/vulwaʁ/
(desire) to want; to wish or desire to do something
Il ne voulait pas qu'on les jetât à la fosse commune.
(English) He did not want them to be thrown into the common grave.
Les privilégiés auraient voulu que les états délibérassent par ordre.
(English) The privileged would have wanted the estates to deliberate by order.
noun/vulwaʁ/
(philosophy) the will; the faculty or power of wishing and deciding
Elle se sentit heureuse du premier exercice de son vouloir.
(English) She felt happy from the first exercise of her will.
Il tentait de supprimer en lui tout vouloir par la méditation.
(English) He was trying to suppress all will within himself through meditation.
Entry ID: fr:en:vouloir · Source: refined · Type: vocabulary