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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.
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