volitient (ti as sh)

[VOLITION.] Having power to will; exercising the will; willing. "What I do I do volitient , not obedient." E. B. Browning: Drama of Exile . võ-li-tion, s. [Fr., from a supposed Low Lat. volitionem, acc us. of volitio , from Lat. volo to wish. 1. The act of willing; the exercise of the will; the act of determining choice or of forming a purpose. "The actual exercise of that power, by directing any particular action, or its forbearance is that which we call volition, or willing."-Locke: Human Understanding, bk. ii., ch. xxi. 2. The power of willing; will.