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VOLENTINE.
Hence tVo'lsntly (Kife., willingly. Obsr^
1614 T. Adams DiucUs Banket iv. 183 Into the pit they
runiie against their will, that ranne so volently, so violently
to the brinkes of it.
Volente, variant of Voluntv Obs.
t Volentine. Obs. rare. In 4 vilentyne, 5-6
Sc. walentyne, valantene. [Alteration of OF.
volatile, voktile (see Volatil»j/^), perh. influenced
by volant Volant a.] coll. Birds, fowls.
c 1380 ^/> Fentmb. 3555 He made him murie al [lilke day,
For vilentyne [F. votatisses\ he fond ynow On ryuer and
on lake, c 1450 Holland Hojvlat 918 All birdts he rebalktt,
that wald him nocht bowe,. .Thus wrcit he the walentyne
iv.r. valantene) . . That all the fowlis [etc.].
Volero, obs. variant of Bolero.
Volery, obs. form of Volart.
II Volet (vtfl«-). Also 8 dial. voUeat. [a. OF.
volet, volkt kerchief, or mod.F. volet shutter, etc.,
f. voler, a. L. volare to fly.]
fl- A kerchief or veil worn at the back of the
head by ladies. Obs.
1398 Will J. Asshelmn (Comm. CrL Ix>ndon), Unam flamiy the
volge for a tall man. 1655 — Ch. Hist. XL iv. Ji 32 One
had as good be dumb, as not speak with the Volge. 1663
Heath Fliigellum (1672) 29 Nor did the Volge know when,
nor could their Boutcfeus tell where to cease.
t Volger. Obs.—'^ [ad. obs. F. *volgere, vulgere,
var. of voglaire, veuglaire, etc. : see Godefroy s. v.
vouglaire and cf. Fowler 3.] A species of ordnance,
longer and less powerful than the bombard.
>iiS4S Hall CAro/i., lien. VIII, 121 The ordinaunce of
bombardes, curtawes, and demy curtaux, slinges, canons,
Tolgers and other ordinaunce.
t volgivagant, a. Obs.-" [f. L. volgi-, vulgivag-us
roving + -ANT.] (.Sec quot.)
1656 Blount Gtosaogr., Volgivagant, Vulgivagant, pertaining
to the common people, poor, base, mean, incertatn,
inconstant.
tVo"lible,
rt.l
volvfre Volve v. :
Obs. rare.
see -ible.]
[ad. L. volubilis, f.
Capable of turning
or of being turned round.
138a WvCLiF Ezek. X. 13 He clepide the ilk whcelis volible,
or turnynge about. 1607 Topsell l''oiir-/. Beasts 279 This
beast \sc. the hedgehog] . . is called red, sharp, maryne,
volible, and rough.
t Volible, a.2 0/5J.-I [f. L. vol; stem of volo
I wish.] Capable of being wished or desired.
167s Baxter Cath. Thiol, n. i. 76 As sensible good is
apprehended by the Intellect, and made volible.
Vo'lipreseuce. rare. [f. as prec. : see Presence.]
(See qtiots.) So Vo'lipresent a.
\%lii-iSchaff's lintycl. Relig. KhowLWI. 2415 Theglori.
ned body ts..vo!ipresent, thatis, its presence was subject to
the will of Christ. 189a M.tg. Chr. Lit. Apr. 3/1 (Stand.),
'I"hc Saxon Churches generally acknowledged a potential
presence (volipresence, multipresence) of the human nature
of Christ.
t VO'litable, a. Obs.—} [f. L. volit-dre : see
Volitate v. and -able.] Volatile.
a 1690 Hopkins Serin. John iii. 5 Disc. (1694) III. 120
Their Prayers may be so importunate and earnest ."ts if they
would _ take no denial from God ; But yet this VoUitable
Spirit is S'X)n spent.
Volitant (v()'litant), a. [ad. L. volilant-, volitatts,
pics. pple. of volitare : see next.]
L Flitting, flying, or constantly moving about.
1847 Emersun Repr. Men, Montaigne Wks. (Bohn) I.
340 We are golden averages, volitant stabilities, . .houses
founded on the sea. 1858 v.v.'iifsSeti.side Studies 358 That
snowy mass of cloud . . rose from the surface of this brilliant,
buoyant, volitant, sea. 1891 Cent. Diet. s.v.. The bat is a
volitant quadruped.
2. Characterized by flitting or flying to and fro.
x8p7 Frasers Mag. July 65/1 The tremulous volitant
motion of breeze upon wave.
Volitate (vflil^'t), v. [f. L. volitat-, ppl.
stem of volitare, freq. of volare to fly.]
1. intr. (Seequots.) "iObs.
x6a3 CocKERAM I, Volitate, still to wander or flie vp and
downe. 1656 Blount Glossogr., Volitate, to flie often, to
run in and out, or to and fro often. j
2. To fly with a fluttering motion. 1
1866 J. B. Rose tr. Virg. Eel. * Georg. 67 Then straws
and leaves will volitate in air. 1890 IlTustr. Lond. Neivs
26 July 120^2 When a few weeks old they take wing, and if
from an acclivity volitate down hill for a short distance.
Volitation (vfjlit^fan). [a. raed.L. volitatidn-,
volilatio (Uiefenb.), noun of action f. L. volilire : I
see prec] Flying, flight. 1
I 1895
295
1646 Sir T. Browne Pseud, E/>. iv. i. 180 Birds or flying
animals, .are almost erect, advancing the head and breast in
their progression, and onely prone in the act of their volitation.
1706 Phillips (ed. Kersey), Volitation, a flying or
fluttering alwut, or up and down. 1864 Soc. Sci. Rev. I.
382 The practical means of Volitation are to be sought for
\\\ the same mechanical means as those by which Birds fly.
S. R. Hole Jour Anier. 193 The young rook., exercises
ill brief migrations., his powers of volitation.
trans/. 1823 Blackw. Mag. XIII. 175 The additional voHtation
acquired by such a stumble is rather apt to make you
run your head plump against the next person.
Voli'tient, a. rare^\ [Irreg. f. VoLiTl-ON +
-ENT.] Of one's own free will or choice ; voluntary.
1844 Mrs. Browning Drama 0/ Exile g2, 1 elected it Of
my will, not of service. What I do, I do volitient, not
obedient.
Volition (v^i-Jan). [a. F. volition (i6th c,
= Sp. volicioJtj Pg. voli^aoj It. volizione)^ ad. raed.
L. voliiidn-yVolitio (Diefenbach), noun of action f,
L. volo I wish, will.]
1. With a and pi. An act of willing or resolving ;
a decision or choice made after due consideration
or deliberation ; a resolution or determination.
1615 Jackson Creed i^. \\. §4, Wks. III.6i That such acts,
again, as they appropriate to the will, and call volitions, are
essentially and formally intellections, is most evident. 1640
Bp. Reynolds Passions xvii. i8o They are onely Velleities
and not Volitions: halfe and broken wishes, not whole
desires. 1678 Codworth Intell. Syst. i. v. 851 Tliey suppose.
.humar)e volitions, .to be mechanically caused and
necessitated from those effluvious images of Bodies, coming
in upon the willers. 1740 Chevne Regitnen 314 We may
have vehement WilHngs, Longings, Volitions and Velleities.
1777 Priestley Phil. Necessity i. 6 A determination to suspend
a volition is, in fact, another volition. 1777 — Matt.
-t Spir. (1782) I. Introd.p. v, Every human volition Is subject
to certain fixed laws. 1830 R. Knox B^clard's Anal. 9
When the animal has received a sen.^ation, and this sensation
determines a volition in it, it is by the nerves that the
volition is transmitted to the muscles. 1844 Mrs. Browning
Drama 0/ Exile 1190 Grant me such pardoning grace as
can go forth Froni clean volitions toward a spotted will.
1864 BowEN Logic ix. 300 No one can tell Iiow a mere volition
moves the arm. Ibid. 310 Unless some new volition of
a power capable of controlling the universe should supervene.
yiz. 1854 Emerson Lett. ^Soc. Aims, Poet. ^ Imag. Wks.
(Bonn) III. 148 Good poetry.. heightens every species of
force in nature by giving it a human volition.
b. Used with reference to the will of God.
1654 Warren Unbelievers 145 Gods gracious volitions
towards them. 1675 Baxter Catk. TlteoL 11. 11. 27,"! doubt
all sides are over temerarious in their distribution of Gods
Decrees and Volitions. 1700 C. Nessr Antvi. Armin. {1S27)
26 We.. make the volitions of God to come behind the
created and temporary volitions of man.
2. The action of consciously willing or resolving ;
the making of a definite choice or decision with
exercise of the will.
regard to a course of action ;
Very common from c 1830.
1660 Jer. Taylor Ductor iv. i. rules § 8 The external act
does superadd new obligations beyond those which are consequent
to the mere internal volition, though never so perfect
and complete, a 1676 Hale Prim, Orig. Man. \. ii.
(1677)58 The Acts of this Faculty are generally divided into
Volition, Nolition, and Suspension. 1690 Locke Hum.
Underst. II. xxi. SsThis Power the Mincfhas to prefer the
Consideration of any Idea;.. the actual preferring one to
another, is that we call Volition, or Willing. 1713 Berkeley
Hylas ff PkiL I. Wks. 1871 I. 287 By the motion of my
hand, which was consequent upon my volition. 1751 Johnson
Rambler No. 166 P 12 That when we find worth faintly
shooting in the shades of obscurity, we may let in light and
sunshine upon it, and ripen barren volition into efficacy and
power. 1794 Godwin Caleb Williams 231, I shifted my
situation with a speed that seemed too swift for volition.
1828 Scott F, M. Perth xxix, In this answer the citizen
saw something not quite consistent with his own perfect
freedom of volition. 1843 Gladstone Glean. (1879) V. 14
Do not let us suppose that . . we are contemplating an affair
of mere individual volition. 1874 Sayce Comfar, Pkilol. \.
37 Human volition is the result of so many obscure and
complicated causes, as to appear at first sight mere caprice
and chance.
b. The power or faculty of willing.
1738 Cm//. Mag. VIII. 22/2 The Traveller, as he hath
Volition, may will to go to the Right or the Left before he
comes to the Guidc-Post. 1764 Foote Patron 11. Wks.
>799 '• 345^^0 this cabinet volition, or will, has a key. 1794
Palf.v Evid. III. viii. (1800) 412 The individuality of a mind
..or its volition, that is, its power of originating motion.
1839 Barham Ingot, Leg. Ser. 1. St. Gengulphus, For Saints,
e'en when dead, still retain their volition. 1848 Mks.
iAMESON Sacr. \^^KY.\ACotnngsby i. ii, The four votes. .had been
increased, by his intense volition and unsparing means, to
ten. 1847 — Tancred i. ii, Montacute . . acted upon a
stronger volition than his own.
Hence Voli'tionless «., lacking volition.
x88i J. Owen Even.w.Sktpticsr..\\.^\^'Y\i^ voHtionless
will of the former \_sc. Schopenhauer] is as instinct with purpose
. . as the most personal conception of Deity ever evolved
from the brain of a theologian.
Volitional (v^yii-J^nal), a, [f. prec. + -AL.]
1. Of or l>clonging to volition; pertaining or
relating to the action of willing.
1816 Bentham Chrestom. 197 Whauoever influence .. the
f)rospects of them may have upon the will or volitional
acuity. 1853 R. Dunn in JmL Ethnol. Soc. (1856) IV. 43
The exercise of perception, memory, and volitional power.
1857 Grindon Li/ex\\\\. (cd. 2)215 The conscious, volitional
exercise of our noblest capabilities. 1897 Hutchinson's
VOLKAMEEIA.
Arch. Sitrg. VIII. 223 It was conceivable that the absolute
volitional rest imposed by the severe pain might have acted
on the muscle.
b. Affecting or impairing the will-power.
1854 Bl'cknill Utisoundness 0/ Mind 28 Insanity may
thus be Intellectual, Emotional, or Volitional.
2. Possessed of, endowed with, the faculty of
volition ; exercising or capable of exercising this.
i8o2-ia Bentham Ration. Judic, Evid. (1827) V. 229
Besides the argument you present to the intellectual part of
their frame, you present to its neighbour the volitional part
another sort of argument. 1864 Alger Hist. Doctrine Fut.
Life V. viii. 627 The essence of mind must be the common
ground and element of all diff'erent stales of consciousness.
What is that common ground and element but the presence of
a percipient volitional force, whether manifested or unmanifested,
still there? 1887 M. Roberts Western Avernus 5,
I began^ to fee! alive, volitional, not dead and most basely
mechanical as at home in England.
3. Of the nature of a volition.
\%^x Eraser's Mag. IV. 361 It cannot move of itself, but
a volitional thought is sufficient to raise it.
4. Of forces : Leading or impelling to action.
1B63 KinglakeCW;;/((i(i877) I. Pref. p. xiii, The volitional
forces which acted upon Russia in 1853. 1874 Sidgwick
Meth. Ethics 1. iii. 22 There seem to be two grounds of objection,
.. one relating to the cognitive function, and the
other to the motive or volitional uifluence, of the Practical
Reason.
5. Of actions, etc. : Arising from, due to, characterized
by, the exercise of volition.
Freq. from ^1875.
1859 'Jodt^s Cycl. At/at. V. 675/1 The case of the respiratory
muscles constitutes an example of mixed movements
wherein volitional can be superadded to unconscious
rythmic motion. 1875 Poste Gaius 1. Introd.,Such actions
are both Volitional ((or the motor organs are set in motion
fay Volition) and Intentional. 1878 S?nit/tsonian Rep. 419
'I'he impulse causing the animal to make volitional movements
comes from the peripheral centres. 1889 Buck's
Handbk. Med. Set. Vll. 689/2 There is probably one portion
of the cerebrum in which volitional work is especially
performed, viz., the frontal lobes.
b. Depending on volition or free choice,
1890 * R. Boldrewood ' Col. Reformer (1891) 1 19 A mode
of life more irregular, more volitional, than the daily mechanical
regularity.. at Garrandilla proper.
Hence Tolitiona'lity, the quality or state of
being volitional.
i8pS E'nnk's Stand. Diet.
VOli'tionally, adv. [f. prec. + -LY 2.] With
respect to volition ; in a volitional manner.
187a W. R. Greg Enigmas ofLife (1873) loi They were
morally and volitionally more vigorous. tSy^Contemp. Rev.
XXV. Q41 Whether they be performed volitionally or automat
ically.
Voli'tionary, a. [f. as prec. + -ary.] =
Volitional a. 5.
1890 Nature 13 Feb. 358/2 Some experiments which extend
our knowledge of volitionary movement.
Volitive (v(7*litiv), a. and sb. Also 7 volutive.
[ad. med. or mod.L. *volitivus (whence It., Sp.
volitivo)^ or f. Volit-ion f -ive.]
A. adj. 1. Of or pertaining to the will ; volitional.
1660 Jer. Taylor Ductor i. i. rule 2 § 4 The Volitive or
chusing faculty cannot [take the name of conscience], but
the intellectual may. a 1676 Hale Prim. Orig. Man. (1677)
29 The Command that is given by the volitive Faculty of
the Soul. 1677 Gale Crt. Gentiles 11. 359 The ordinate and
actual power of God,. which some terme Gods Volutive
Power, 1799 Sir H. Davy in Beddoes Contrib. Pl{ys. ^
Med. KnoixH. 139 The perceptive and volitive powers depend
. . on the constant supply of. . phosoxydated blood to the
nervous and muscular systems. 1811-31 Bentham Logic
Wks. 1843 VIII. 2S0 The volitional, or voHlive faculty, or,
in one word, the will, 1878 Maccall tr. Letoumeau's Biol.
386 In effect the deep cells of the cortical layers are motory,
or rather volitive.
2. Originating in, arising from, the will.
167s Baxter Cath. Theol. 11. 11. 32 So that no man ever
sinned^ by mcer Action as such, whether Vital, Intellectual,
or Volitive.
3. Performed deliberately or with express intention;
designed, deliberate,
1839 J. Rogers Antipopopr. ir. ^21 [The clergy's] intentional
barbarity and cruelty, their volitive despotism and
oppression, their willed persecution.. in reference to Luther
and the like.
4. Gram. Expressive of a wish or desire; desiderative.
1864 Webster s.v., A volitive proposition. 1894 W. G.
Hale in Classical Rev. Apr, 167/2 The Greek.. Subjunctives
of Will (volitive) and., of Anticipation (anticipatory or
prospective).
B. sb. A desiderative verb, mood, etc.
a 1813 Murray Hist. European Lang. (1823) IL 280
Volitives or desideratives. .are formed by using the future
consignificative sa with the doubled verb. 1894 W. G. Hale
in Classical Rev. Apr. 167/2 The volitives never have av.
VolitO'rial, a. [f. mod,L. Volitor-es birds
capable of flight + -ial.] Of or pertaining to flying
; having the power of flight.
187a CouES N, Anter. Birds 178 The swifts, goatsuckers,
and hummingbirds . . are birds of remarkable volitorial
powers. 187s C. C Klake Zool. 93 The HornbilIsare..in.
stances of the volitorial and the Kamichi in the grallitorial
order.
Voliwis, southern var. ME. fuliwis Full adv»
2 (1. Volk, southern ME. or dial. var. Folk sb.
It Volkameria. Bot. Also Vole-, [mod.L,,
f. the name of Johann G. Volckamerj a German