AVALE

Etymology

Verb

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.

Source: Wiktionary


A*vale", v. t. & i. Etym: [F. avaler to descend, to let down. See Avalanche.]

1. To cause to descend; to lower; to let fall; to doff. [Obs.] Chaucer.

2. To bring low; to abase. [Obs.] Sir H. Wotton.

3. (v. i.)

Definition: To descend; to fall; to dismount. [Obs.] And from their sweaty courses did avale. Spenser.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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