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avaling

avaling is the present participle and gerund of avale.

Meaning of avale

Verb

avale (third-person singular simple present avales, present participle avaling, simple past and past participle avaled)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To cause to descend; to lower; to let fall
  2. (obsolete, transitive) To bring low; to abase.
  3. (intransitive, obsolete) To descend; to fall; to dismount.
    • And from their sweaty courses did avale.1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto IX”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, page 8

Questions about avaling

What is avaling the present participle and gerund of?
Avaling is the present participle and gerund of avale.

Words near avaling in the dictionary

  1. avalement
  2. avalements
  3. avalent
  4. avales
  5. avalglucosidase alfa
  6. avaling
  7. Avallone
  8. Avallones
  9. Avalogoli
  10. Avalokiteshvara
  11. Avalon

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