necessarian[obs3], necessitarian[obs3]; fatalist; automaton.
V. lie under a necessity; befated[obs3], be doomed, be destined &c. in
for, under the necessity of; have no choice, have no alternative; be one’s fate &c. n. to be pushed to the wall to be driven into a corner, to be unable to help.
destine, doom, foredoom, devote; predestine, preordain; cast a spell
&c. 992; necessitate; compel &c. 744.
Adj. necessary, needful &c (requisite) 630.
fated; destined &c. v.; elect; spellbound, compulsory
&c. (compel) 744; uncontrollable, inevitable, unavoidable,
irresistible, irrevocable, inexorable; avoidless[obs3], resistless.
involuntary, instinctive, automatic, blind, mechanical; unconscious,
unwitting, unthinking; unintentional &c. (undesigned) 621; impulsive &c. 612.
Adv. necessarily &c. adv.; of necessity, of course; ex necessitate
rei[Lat]; needs must; perforce &c. 744; nolens volens[Lat]; will he nil he, willy nilly, bon gre mal gre[Fr], willing or unwilling, coute que coute[Fr].
faute de mieux[Fr]; by stress of; if need be.
Phr. it cannot be helped; there is no help for, there is no helping
it; it will be, it must be, it needs to be, it must be so, it will have its way; the die is cast; jacta est alea[obs3][Lat]; che sara sara[French]; “it is written”; one’s days are numbered, one’s fate is sealed; Fata obstant[Latin]; diis aliter visum[obs3][Latin]; actum me invito factus[Latin], non est meus actus[Latin]; aujord’hui roi demain rien[French]; quisque suos patimur manes [Latin][Vergil];"The moving finger writes and having writ moves on. Nor all your piety and wit can bring it back to cancel half a line, nor all your tears wash out a word of it."[Rubayyat of Omar Khayyam].
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#602. Willingness.
— N. willingness, voluntariness &c. adj[obs3].;
willing mind, heart.
disposition, inclination,
leaning, animus; frame of mind, humor, mood,
vein; bent &c. (turn of mind) 820; penchant &c. (desire)
865; aptitude &c. 698.
docility, docibleness[obs3];
persuasibleness[obs3],
persuasibility[obs3]; pliability &c. (softness) 324.
geniality, cordiality;
goodwill; alacrity, readiness, earnestness,
forwardness; eagerness &c. (desire) 865.
asset &c. 488; compliance
&c. 762; pleasure &c. (will) 600; gratuitous
service.
labor of love; volunteer,
volunteering.
V. be willing &c. adj.;
incline, lean to, mind, propend; had as lief;
lend a willing ear, give a willing ear, turn a willing
ear; have a half a mind to, have a great mind to;
hold to, cling to; desire &c. 865.
see fit, think good,
think proper; acquiesce &c (assent) 488; comply
with &c. 762.
swallow the bait, nibble
at the bait; gorge the hook; have no scruple
of, make no scruple of; make no bones of; jump at,
catch at; meet halfway; volunteer.


