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Voluntary
v. t.
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Of or pertaining to the will; subject to, or regulated by, the will; as, the voluntary motions of an animal, such as the movements of the leg or arm (in distinction from involuntary motions, such as the movements of the heart); the voluntary muscle fibers, which are the agents in voluntary motion.
Voluntary
v. t.
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Endowed with the power of willing; as, man is a voluntary agent.
Voluntary
v. t.
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Free; without compulsion; according to the will, consent, or agreement, of a party; without consideration; gratuitous; without valuable consideration.
Voluntary
v. t.
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Of or pertaining to voluntaryism; as, a voluntary church, in distinction from an established or state church.
Voluntaries
pl.
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of Voluntary
Voluntary
n.
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One who engages in any affair of his own free will; a volunteer.
Voluntary
n.
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A piece played by a musician, often extemporarily, according to his fancy; specifically, an organ solo played before, during, or after divine service.
Voluntary
n.
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One who advocates voluntaryism.
Voluntaryism
n.
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The principle of supporting a religious system and its institutions by voluntary association and effort, rather than by the aid or patronage of the state.
Volunteer
a.
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One who enters into, or offers for, any service of his own free will.
Volunteer
a.
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One who enters into service voluntarily, but who, when in service, is subject to discipline and regulations like other soldiers; -- opposed to conscript; specifically, a voluntary member of the organized militia of a country as distinguished from the standing army.
Volunteer
a.
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A grantee in a voluntary conveyance; one to whom a conveyance is made without valuable consideration; a party, other than a wife or child of the grantor, to whom, or for whose benefit, a voluntary conveyance is made.
Volunteer
a.
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Of or pertaining to a volunteer or volunteers; consisting of volunteers; voluntary; as, volunteer companies; volunteer advice.
Volunteered
imp. & p. p.
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of Volunteer
Volunteering
p. pr. & vb. n.
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of Volunteer
Volunteer
v. t.
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To offer or bestow voluntarily, or without solicitation or compulsion; as, to volunteer one's services.
Volunteer
v. i.
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To enter into, or offer for, any service of one's own free will, without solicitation or compulsion; as, he volunteered in that undertaking.
Volupere
n.
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A woman's cap.
Voluptuaries
pl.
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of Voluptuary
Voluptuary
n.
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A voluptuous person; one who makes his physical enjoyment his chief care; one addicted to luxury, and the gratification of sensual appetites.
Voluptuary
a.
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Voluptuous; luxurious.
Voluptuous
a.
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Full of delight or pleasure, especially that of the senses; ministering to sensuous or sensual gratification; exciting sensual desires; luxurious; sensual.
Voluptuous
a.
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Given to the enjoyments of luxury and pleasure; indulging to excess in sensual gratifications.
Volupty
n.
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Voluptuousness.
Volutas
pl.
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of Voluta
Volutae
pl.
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of Voluta
Voluta
n.
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Any one of numerous species of large, handsome marine gastropods belonging to Voluta and allied genera.
Volutation
n.
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A rolling of a body; a wallowing.
Volute
n.
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A spiral scroll which forms the chief feature of the Ionic capital, and which, on a much smaller scale, is a feature in the Corinthian and Composite capitals. See Illust. of Capital, also Helix, and Stale.
Volute
n.
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A spiral turn, as in certain shells.