Meaning

2 senses

  1. (obsolete, transitive)To daunt, overcome, subdue.

  2. (obsolete)To awaken, arouse.

Origin

Inherited from Middle English adawen (“to terminate, defeat”), from adawe (“dead, nonexist

Inherited from Middle English adawen (“to terminate, defeat”), from adawe (“dead, nonexistent”), from a- (“of”) + dawe, dawen, Early Middle English dative plurals of day (“day”).

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Forms

adaws, adawing, adawed, adawed
Base formadaw · to adaw
3rd person singularadaws
Present participleadawing
Past simpleadawed
Past participleadawed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyadaw
he, she, itadaws

Past simpleLesson

all personsadawed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave adawed
he, she, ithas adawed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill adaw

Word family

1 related words
Relatedbedaw

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
adaptableB2adaptationadapteradaptiveaddA1addendumadder
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