verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   To cause to descend; to lower; to let fall obsolete, transitive
2. 2
   To bring low; to abase. obsolete, transitive
3. 3
   To descend; to fall; to dismount. intransitive, obsolete

   "And from their sweaty courses did avale."

Example

More examples

"And from their sweaty courses did avale."

Etymology

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

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