English Dictionary: Adaw | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Adaw \A*daw"\, v. t. [Cf. OE. adawe of dawe, AS. of dagum from days, i. e., from life, out of life.] To subdue; to daunt. [Obs.] The sight whereof did greatly him adaw. --Spenser. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Adaw \A*daw"\, v. t. & i. [OE. adawen to wake; pref. a- (cf. Goth. us-, Ger. er-) + dawen, dagon, to dawn. See {Daw}.] To awaken; to arouse. [Obs.] A man that waketh of his sleep He may not suddenly well taken keep Upon a thing, ne seen it parfitly Till that he be adawed verily. --Chaucer. |