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单词 devall
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devallv.

Brit. /dᵻˈvɔːl/, U.S. /dəˈvɔl/, /dəˈvɑl/, /diˈvɔl/, /diˈvɑl/, Scottish English /dᵻˈvɔl/
Forms: Middle English–1500s deuale, 1500s deuaill, dewall, 1600s–1800s devall, 1800s deval, devaul, devawl.
Etymology: < French dévaler, Old French devaler to descend = Provençal devalar , davalar , Italian divallare < Romance *devallare , < Latin de- prefix 1a down + vallis valley: compare avale v.
Now only Scottish.
1.
a. intransitive. To move downwards, sink, fall, descend, set (as the sun). Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > move downwards [verb (intransitive)]
styc825
astyc975
alightOE
to fall adownOE
hieldc1275
downcomea1300
sink?a1300
avalec1374
to go downa1375
to come downc1380
dipc1390
descenda1393
clinea1400
declinea1400
downc1400
inclinec1400
vailc1400
fallc1440
devall1477
condescendc1485
to get down1567
lower1575
dismount1579
to fall down1632
down?1701
demount1837
1477 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Hist. Jason (1913) 33 The sonne began to deuale in to the weste.
1481 W. Caxton tr. Myrrour of Worlde ii. ix. 88 He.. deualeth down into the water.
?1553 (c1501) G. Douglas Palice of Honour (London) i. l. 174 in Shorter Poems (1967) 20 Thy transitory plesans quhat auaylys? Now thare, now heir, now hie, and now deualys [1579 Edinb. deuaillis].
1597 A. Montgomerie Cherrie & Slae 83 I sawe ane Ryuer rin..Devalling [ed. 2 Dewalling] and falling into that pit profound.
b. To lower the body, stoop. Obsolete.
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a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1959) x. vii. 58 As onwar he stowpyt, and devalyt.
c. To slope downwards: as a line or surface.
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the world > space > relative position > inclination > incline or be oblique [verb (intransitive)] > slope > downwards
descendc1400
declinec1420
fall1573
cope1601
devall1632
dip1665
drip1678
siddle1894
1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. v. 210 This Petrean Countrey..devalling even downe to the limits of Jacob's bridge.
2. transitive. To lower. Obsolete.
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?1553 (c1501) G. Douglas Palice of Honour (London) ii. l. 1251 in Shorter Poems (1967) 80 And euery wycht..Thankand gret god thare hedis law deuail [1579 Edinb. deuaill].
3. intransitive. To cease, stop, leave off. modern Scottish.
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a1774 R. Fergusson Poems (1785) 188 Devall then, Sirs, and never send For daintiths to regale a friend.
1822 J. Galt Sir Andrew Wylie II. x. 92 She ne'er devauls jeering me.
1827 W. Scott Lett. (1936) X. 183 I have not till today devaled from my task.

Derivatives

devall n. Scottish ‘a stop, cessation, intermission’ (Jamieson).
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1802 J. Sibbald Chron. Sc. Poetry Gloss. Without devald, without ceasing.
devalling n. and adj.
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1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. viii. 365 The..devalling faces of two hills.
1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. ix. 392 (margin) The combustious devalling of Ætnæs fire.
1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. x. 506 Devalling floods.
1645 Siege of Newcastle (1820) 14 A number of narrow devalling lanes.
1891 ‘H. Haliburton’ Ochil Idylls 20 Sair dings the rain upon the road, It dings,—an nae devallin' o't.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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