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Webster 1913 Edition
Adaw
A-daw′
,Verb.
T.
[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.
A-daw′
,Verb.
T.
& I.
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
He may not suddenly well taken keep
Upon a thing, ne seen it parfitly
Till that he be
adawed
verily. Chaucer.
Webster 1828 Edition
Adaw
ADAW'
,Verb.
T.
Definition 2024
adaw
adaw
English
Verb
adaw (third-person singular simple present adaws, present participle adawing, simple past and past participle adawed)
- (obsolete) To subdue; to daunt.
- Spenser
- He, comming home at undertime, there found / The fayrest creature, that he ever saw, / Sitting beside his mother on the ground; / The sight whereof did greatly him adaw.
- Spenser