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Webster 1913 Edition
Upwards
1.
In a direction from lower to higher; toward a higher place; in a course toward the source or origin; – opposed to downward;
as, to tend or roll
. upward
I. Watts.
Looking inward, we are stricken dumb; looking
upward
, we speak and prevail. Hooker.
2.
In the upper parts; above.
Dagon his name, sea monster,
And down ward fish.
upward
man,And down ward fish.
Milton.
3.
Yet more; indefinitely more; above; over.
From twenty years old and
upward
. Num. i. 3.
Upward of
, or Upwards of
more than; above.
I have been your wife in this obedience
Upward of
twenty years. Shakespeare
Webster 1828 Edition
Upwards
UP'WARDS
,adv.
1.
Toward a higher place; opposed to downward. Upward I lift my eye.
2.
Toward heaven and God.Looking inward, we are struck dumb; looking upward, we speak and prevail.
3.
With respect to the higher part.Upward man, downward fish.
4.
More than, indefinitely. Upwards of ten years have elapsed; upwards of a hundred men were present.5.
Toward the source. Trace the stream upwards.And trace the muses upwards to their spring.