bend someone's will

Meaning: (idiomatic,transitive)Topersuadeor otherwiseinducesomeone to change his or her views or tochoosea differentcourse of action.1882,Charlotte M. Yonge,History of France, ch. 5: The Wars of Religion:[W]hen Catherine tried to draw him to court by proposing a marriage between him and her youngest daughter Margaret, Jeanne left him at home, and went herself to court. Catherine tried in vain tobend her will.1912,Zane Grey, chapter 20, inRiders of the Purple Sage:[E]ven her love could not avail tobend his will. As if the hold of her arms was that of a child's he loosened it and stepped away.2005January 23, Simon Turnbull, "Carry on Shearer: Given's plea to captain,Independent(UK)(retrieved 23 Aug 2019):Despite Shearer's insistence that he intends to hang up his scoring boots at the end of the season, Souness has pledged to keep pestering him to change his mind. Whether the Iron Laddie is for turning remains to be seen, but the pressure tobend his willis being applied from within the Newcastle dressing-room as well as from the manager's office.

Examples:

EN: Okay, one to create money, to bend someone's will, to erase a memory, a binding spell.
ES: Vale, hay uno para crear dinero cambiar la voluntad de alguien, borrar la memoria, eliminar poderes.
EN: Don't try to bend someone's will to appease your insecurities!
HI: किसी की शराफ़त को उसकी कमजोरी मत समझना !

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