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DOWNWARDS

\dˈa͡ʊnwədz], \dˈa‍ʊnwədz], \d_ˈaʊ_n_w_ə_d_z]\

Definitions of DOWNWARDS

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language

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From a remote time; from an ancestor or predecessor; from one to another in a descending line.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

From a remote time; from an ancestor or predecessor; from one to another in a descending line.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

In a direction from a higher place; from a source; from an ancestor; from an earlier time or a higher position; at the lower extremitics.

1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
By Nuttall, P.Austin.

adv. From a higher to a lower place; in a descending course; â€”from a higher to a lower condition; â€”from a remote time.

1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

See DOWNWARD.

1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
By Thomas Sheridan

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