indrawn.
rare.
The act of drawing in.
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming in > [noun] > drawing in
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1899 A. C. Lyall Asiatic Stud. 2nd Ser. vii. 380 There has always been an indraw from the cool uplands..into the low-lying fertile regions.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online March 2021).
indrawv.
/ɪnˈdrɔː/ transitive. To draw in. See also Middle Eng. Dict. s.v. indrauen.
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming in > go or come into [verb (transitive)] > draw in
to draw ina1398
to suck in1597
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the world > life > the body > respiratory organs > breathing > inhalation > inhale [verb (transitive)]
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to draw ina1398
to take in1495
inhaust1547
fetch1552
fet1556
imbreathe1574
to breathe in1576
attract1582
suck?1614
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imbibe1621
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1883 R. Jefferies Story Heart vii. 116 It is lying beside the immortals, in-drawing the life of the ocean, the earth, and the sun.
1887 G. Meredith Ballads & Poems 62 Fearful.. All their breath indrew.
1905 J. Thornton in T. Stephens Child & Religion ix. 316 He [sc. Christ] ‘indraws’, and stores up in the interiors of the child's spirit all the good affections of innocence.
1911 W. Owen Let. 17 Sept. (1967) 82 Depend upon it, whichever Fire indraws me, I shall..come out unscathed.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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