Definition of "adown" []

• Down, downward; to or in a lower place. (adverb)
• Down (preposition)

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• "Let's hope he slows adown and gives his readers more of his best."
• "The adverb describing a descent from the hill, "off the down", ofdūne, turned into adown and eventually became our adverb down."
• "The wheels go round without a sound -- The maidens hold high revel; In sinful mood, insanely gay, True spinsters spin adown the way From duty to the devil!"