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Webster 1913 Edition

Verb.

[Cf. OE.

adawe

of dawe, AS.

of dagum

from days, i. e., from life, out of life.]

To subdue; to daunt.

[Obs.]

The sight whereof did greatly him

adaw

Spenser.

Verb.

[OE.

adawen

to wake; pref.

(cf. Goth.

-, Ger.

-) +

dawen

dagon

, to dawn. See

To awaken; to arouse.

[Obs.]

A man that waketh of his sleep
He may not suddenly well taken keep
Upon a thing, ne seen it parfitly
Till that he be

adawed

verily.

Chaucer.

Verb.

To daunt; to subject. [Not used.]