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Avale
Pronunciation : A*vale"
Part of Speech : v. t. & i.
Etymology : [F. avaler to descend, to let down. See Avalanche.]
Definition : 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.)
Defn: To descend; to fall; to dismount. [Obs.] And from their sweaty courses did avale. Spenser.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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