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State of being disaffected; alienation or want of affection or good will, esp. toward those in authority; unfriendliness; dislike. In the making laws, princes must have regard to . . . the affections and disaffections of the people. Jer. Taylor.

of correction against one guilty of ecclesiastical offenses; reformatory or penal action toward a church member.

To render unaccustomed or unfamiliar. We are hindered and disinured . . . towards the true knowledge. Milton.

Toward a distal part; on the distal side of; distally.

Toward a distal part.

Toward the dorsum or back; on the dorsal side; dorsally.

On, or toward, the dorsum, or back; on the dorsal side of; dorsad.

In the direction of gravity or toward the center of the earth; toward or in a lower place or position; below; -- the opposite of up.

Towards the bottom of a hill; as, water runs downhill.

Moving or extending from a higher to a lower place; tending toward the earth or its center, or toward a lower level; declivous. With downward force That drove the sand along he took his way. Dryden.

From a higher to a lower condition; toward misery, humility, disgrace, or ruin. And downward fell into a groveling swine. Milton.

r to depict a series of grave or humorous actions of more than ordinary interest, tending toward some striking result. It is commonly designed to be spoken and represented by actors on the stage. A divine pastoral drama in the Song of Solomon. Milton.

To influence to move or tend toward one's self; to exercise an attracting force upon; to call towards itself; to attract; hence, to entice; to allure; to induce. The poet Did feign that Orpheus drew trees, stones, and floods. Shak. All eyes you draw, and with the eyes the heart. Dryden.

tool having a blade with a handle at each end, used to shave off surfaces, by drawing it toward one; a shave; -- called also drawshave, and drawing shave.

To proceed downward, or toward a close; to decline. "Then day drooped." Tennyson.

let another pass a head. -- To drop down (Naut.), to sail, row, or move down a river, or toward the sea. -- To drop off, to fall asleep gently; also, to die. [Colloq.]

n from doing; that which one ought to do; service morally obligatory. Forgetting his duty toward God, his sovereign lord, and his country. Hallam.

Toward the earth; -- opposed to heavenward or skyward.

compass which is in a direction at right angles to that of north and south, and which is toward the right hand of one who faces the north; the point directly opposite to the west. The east began kindle. E. Everett.

Situated, directed, or moving toward the east; as, the easterly side of a lake; an easterly course or voyage.