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Approaching; coming near. "His toward peril." Spenser.

In the direction of; to. He set his face toward the wilderness. Num. xxiv. 1. The waves make towards'' the pebbled shore. Shak.

The quality or state of being towardly; docility; tractableness. The beauty and towardliness of these children moved her brethren to envy. Sir W. Raleigh.

Same as Toward, a., 2. He's towardly and will come on apace. Dryden.

Quality or state of being toward.

See Toward.

Toward. [Obs.] Gower.

Perverse; froward; untoward. "Untowardly tricks and vices." Locke.

On the sea; at sea; toward the sea.

Toward the back or rear; backward. "Therewith aback she started." Chaucer.

Behind; toward the stern from; as, abaft the wheelhouse. Abaft the beam. See under Beam.

Borne lower than usual, as a fess; also, having the ends of the wings turned downward towards the point of the shield.

with shuddering from; to regard with horror or detestation; to feel excessive repugnance toward; to detest to extremity; to loathe. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good. Rom. xii. 9.

aracteristic of ordinary abscesses, and lasting for years without exhibiting any tendency towards healing; a chronic abscess.

or the state of being accelerated; increase of motion or action; as, a falling body moves toward the earth with an acceleration of velocity; -- opposed to retardation. A period of social improvement, or of intellectual advancement, contains within itself a principle of acceleration. I. Taylor. (Astr. & Physics.) Accele…

Developing from below towards the apex, or from the circumference towards the center; centripetal; -- said of certain inflorescence.

Bringing together or towards a given point; -- a word applied to those muscles of the body which pull one part towards another. Opposed to abducent.

To draw towards a common center or a middle line. Huxley.

The action by which the parts of the body are drawn towards its axis]; -- opposed to abduction. Dunglison.

Adducing, or bringing towards or to something.