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won't

/woʊnt/ verb A1
  1. will not (negative auxiliary); used to indicate a future non-occurring action. · Sam won't be doing any work this afternoon.
  2. doesn't want to · He either can't or won't do anything about it.
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Verb forms

Base form
won't
He/she/it
won'ts
Past
won'ted
Past participle
won'ted
-ing form
won'ting

From the library

Who was little Louis, won't you tell us, mother, please?
A Child's Garden of Verses, p. 26 · C1
"Well, we'll hope he won't fail and that Lord Cantlemere will be confounded.
The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes, p. 30 · B2
I won't deny that I intended to assault you just now."
The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes, p. 36 · B2
"If he won't come, sir?"
The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes, p. 40 · B2

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