Shall ::
Shall (v. i. &
auxiliary.) As an
auxiliary, shall
indicates a duty or
necessity whose
obligation is
derived from the
person speaking; as, you shall go; he shall go; that is, I order or
promise your
going. It thus
ordinarily expresses, in the
second and third
persons, a
command, a
threat, or a
promise. If the
auxillary be
emphasized, the
command is made more
imperative, the
promise or that more
positive and sure. It is also
employed in the
language of
prophecy; as, the day shall come when . .