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to meward

to meward prepositional phrase: towards me.

Prepositional phrase

  1. (obsolete) Towards me.
    • And to mewarde as he gan for to coost, / Whan that he was even at me almoost, / I sawe a knyfe hyd in his one sIeve, / Wheron was wryten this worde, myscheve.1499, John Skelton, The Bowge of Courte
    • An anxious friend and tender sister to me-ward!1830, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, letter

Forms of to meward

alternative formto mewards

Questions about to meward

What does to meward mean?
To meward means towards me.
What part of speech is to meward?
To meward is a prepositional phrase.

Words near to meward in the dictionary

  1. to high heaven
  2. To Kwa Wan
  3. to let
  4. to little avail
  5. to many
  6. to meward
  7. to morrow
  8. to much
  9. to name a few
  10. to no avail
  11. to no end

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