Indraw

//ˈɪndɹɔː// noun, verb

noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act or process of drawing inward.

    "Yet never, in my gayest hour of Being, Was I so sanguine as to deem my fate Would with each longing of impatient Hope Each gasp and indraw of the hasty breath Sparkle like Oroonoko* in a tube,"

Verb
  1. 1
    To draw in; draw inward transitive

    "Out of Love and Wisdom did it come forth, and back into Love and Wisdom must it indraw all things."

Example

More examples

"Yet never, in my gayest hour of Being, Was I so sanguine as to deem my fate Would with each longing of impatient Hope Each gasp and indraw of the hasty breath Sparkle like Oroonoko* in a tube,"

Etymology

From in- + draw.

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