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downborne

downborne is the past participle of downbear.

Meaning of downbear

Verb

downbear (third-person singular simple present downbears, present participle downbearing, simple past downbore, past participle downborne)

  1. (transitive) To bear, bring or carry down.
    • Immediately from the downborne elements sprung forth The Word of The God to the pure creation of all Nature, …1882, Hermes (Trismegistus.), John David Chambers (1805-1893), The theological and philosophical works of Hermes Trismegistus
  2. (transitive) To bear or press down (on); press upon; depress; subdue.
    • Further, Caulis Bambusae downbears the stomach, thus downbearing upwardly counterflowing depressive heat.1997, Bob Flaws, Curing Insomnia Naturally with Chinese Medicine
  3. (transitive) To lessen; reduce.
    • The stomach channel's uniting point, Zu San Li, is chosen in order to drain the stomach and downbear counterflow.1998, Bob Flaws, Sticking to the Point

Questions about downborne

What is downborne the past participle of?
Downborne is the past participle of downbear.

Words near downborne in the dictionary

  1. downblouser
  2. downblousers
  3. downblouses
  4. downblousing
  5. downbore
  6. downborne
  7. downbound
  8. downbow
  9. downbowed
  10. downbowing
  11. downbows

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