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Thesaurus: avale

To cause to descend; to lower; to let fall; to doff.

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  1. v. t. & i. To cause to descend; to lower; to let fall; to doff.
  2. v. t. & i. To bring low; to abase.
  3. v. t. & i. To descend; to fall; to dismount.
  4. 1. To cause to descend; to lower; to let fall; to doff. [Obs.] Chaucer. 2. To bring low; to abase. [Obs.] Sir H. Wotton. 3. (v. i.) To descend; to fall; to dismount. [Obs.] And from their sweaty courses did avale. Spenser.
  5. To descend; to fall; to dismount. [Obs.]And from their sweaty courses did avale. Spenser.
  6. v. t. & i. To cause to descend; to lower; to let fall; to doff. v. t. & i. To bring low; to abase. v. t. & i. To descend; to fall; to dismount.