avale
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See also: avalé
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English avalen, from Old French avaler (“to descend”), a univerbation of a val (“to the valley”).
Verb[edit]
avale (third-person singular simple present avales, present participle avaling, simple past and past participle avaled)
- (transitive, obsolete) To cause to descend; to lower; to let fall
- (transitive, obsolete) To bring low; to abase.
- (intransitive, obsolete) To descend; to fall; to dismount.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto IX”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, page 8:
- And from their sweaty courses did avale.
Related terms[edit]
References[edit]
- “avale”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Estonian[edit]
Noun[edit]
avale
French[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Audio (CAN) (file)
Verb[edit]
avale
- inflection of avaler:
Italian[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Adverb[edit]
avale (obsolete)
- Alternative form of aguale
References[edit]
- avale in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
- avale in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
- Accademia della Crusca (p. 1961), “avale”, in Grande dizionario della lingua italiana (in Italian), volume 1, page 864
Middle English[edit]
Verb[edit]
avale
- Alternative form of avalen
Spanish[edit]
Verb[edit]
avale
- inflection of avalar:
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