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{ Down"ward (?), Down"wards (?), } adv. [AS. ad&unr_;nweard. See Down, adv., and -ward.] 1. From a higher place to a lower; in a descending course; as, to tend, move, roll, look, or take root, downward or downwards. “Looking downwards.” Pope.
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Their heads they downward bent. Drayton.
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2. From a higher to a lower condition; toward misery, humility, disgrace, or ruin.
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And downward fell into a groveling swine. Milton.
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3. From a remote time; from an ancestor or predecessor; from one to another in a descending line.
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A ring the county wears,
That downward hath descended in his house,
From son to son, some four or five descents. Shak.
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Down"ward, a. 1. Moving or extending from a higher to a lower place; tending toward the earth or its center, or toward a lower level; declivous.
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With downward force
That drove the sand along he took his way. Dryden.
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2. Descending from a head, origin, or source; as, a downward line of descent.
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3. Tending to a lower condition or state; depressed; dejected; as, downward thoughts. Sir P. Sidney.
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