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expresses conditionality or possibility; "I would accept the offer if you upped the salary a bit"

Commonly used as an auxiliary verb, either in the past tense or in the conditional or optative present. See 2d & 3d Will.

Of the auxiliary verb will; used, first, in indirect discourse to express simple futurity or determination from the standpoint of past time, according to the rule for the use of will in direct discourse; as, expressing simple futurity, I said he would go; he said he should go; expressing determination. he siad he would go; I said he should go; used, second, to express a wish ; as, I would I had acted differently; used, third, to express a usual or customary occurrence; as, last summer we would often take long walks; used, fourth, to express what is likely; as, that would make trouble.

Of WILL, auxiliary. Expressing desire, assertion, or action.

Of Will; used as an auxiliary verb in conditional forms of speech; as, "I would go, if I could;" wish or pray, particularly in the phrases, "would to God," "would God we had died in Egypt;" wish to do or to have, as, what wouldst thou I You would go, or he would go, denotes simply an event under a condition or supposition.

Of will, wood; as a defective verb the present tense is the following-I will, thou wilt, he will; we, you, or they will; pt. I would, thou wouldst, he would; we, you, or they would; as a regular verb the present tense is the following-I will, thou willest, he wills or willeth; we, you, or they will; will is used as an interrogative, as, "will he do it?".

The pt. of will; I wish or wished to; familiarly, wish to do, or to have; should wish; I wish or I pray, as, "would to God," "I would there might be a law to restrain fools"; a would be, vainly professing to be.

imp. Of will, used as an auxiliary verb with an infinitive , to which it gives the force of the subjunctive mood; also to express condition or supposition; to express a simple desire, to wish to do, or to wish to have.