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Webster 1913 Edition


Adown

A-down′

,
adv.
[OE.
adun
,
adoun
,
adune
. AS.
of dūne
off the hill. See
Down
.]
From a higher to a lower situation; downward; down, to or on the ground.
[Archaic]
“Thrice did she sink adown.”
Spenser.

A-down′

,
p
rep.
Down.
[Archaic & Poetic]
Her hair
adown
her shoulders loosely lay displayed.
Prior.

Webster 1828 Edition


Adown

ADOWN'

, prep. [a and down.] From a higher to a lower situation; downwards; implying descent.

ADOWN'

,
adv.
Down; on the ground; at the bottom.

Definition 2024


adown

adown

English

Adverb

adown (comparative more adown, superlative most adown)

  1. (archaic) Down, downward; to or in a lower place.

Preposition

adown

  1. (archaic) down
    • J. H. Riddell, The Uninhabited House
      I fell from one dream into another; found myself wandering through impossible places; [] peering out into the darkness, to catch a sight of a vague figure standing somewhere in the shadow, and looking, with the sun streaming into my eyes and blinding me, adown long white roads filled with a multitude of people []

Quotations

  • For usage examples of this term, see Citations:adown.