avale
See also: avalé
English edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English avalen, from Old French avaler (“to descend”), a univerbation of a val (“to the valley”).
Verb edit
avale (third-person singular simple present avales, present participle avaling, simple past and past participle avaled)
- (transitive, obsolete) To cause to descend; to lower; to let fall
- (transitive, obsolete) To bring low; to abase.
- (intransitive, obsolete) To descend; to fall; to dismount.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto IX”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, page 8:
- And from their sweaty courses did avale.
Related terms edit
References edit
- “avale”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Estonian edit
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avale
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Verb edit
avale
- inflection of avaler:
Italian edit
Pronunciation edit
Adverb edit
avale (obsolete)
- Alternative form of aguale
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Middle English edit
Verb edit
avale
- Alternative form of avalen
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Verb edit
avale
- inflection of avalar: