a. [ Will + full. ] [ Written also wilful. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
1. Of set purpose; self-determined; voluntary; as, willful murder. Foxe. [ 1913 Webster ]
In willful poverty chose to lead his life. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
Thou to me
Art all things under heaven, all places thou,
Who, for my willful crime, art banished hence. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. Governed by the will without yielding to reason; obstinate; perverse; inflexible; stubborn; refractory; as, a willful man or horse. [ 1913 Webster ]
-- Will"ful*ly, adv. -- Will"ful*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]