avale

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To cause to descend; to lower; to let fall
  2. To bring low; to abase.
  3. To descend; to fall; to dismount.

Word forms

avale avales avaling avaled

Etymology

From Middle English avalen, from Old French avaler (“to descend”), a univerbation of a val (“to the valley”).

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