bend to one's will

Verb

 * 1)  To compel someone or something to conform to one's desires.
 * 2) * 2019 August 6,, "Toni Morrison, a Writer of Many Gifts Who Bent Language to Her Will, New York Times (retrieved 23 Aug 2019) :
 * Morrison had a superfluity of gifts and, like few other writers of her era, bent language to her will.
 * 1) * 2019 August 6,, "Toni Morrison, a Writer of Many Gifts Who Bent Language to Her Will, New York Times (retrieved 23 Aug 2019) :
 * Morrison had a superfluity of gifts and, like few other writers of her era, bent language to her will.

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