单词 | graveward |
释义 | gravewardadv.adj. A. adv. Towards the grave; in quot. 1871 figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > disposal of corpse > burial > grave or burial-place > [adverb] > towards the grave graveward1871 gravewards1880 1871 G. MacDonald Wks. Fancy & Imagination II. vi. i She..Her eyes hath graveward sent. B. adj. Tending towards the grave or death. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > [adjective] > towards death deathward1816 graveward1855 deathwards1880 1855 M. Bridges Pop. Mod. Hist. 436 All trod the same graveward path. 1863 ‘W. Lancaster’ Praeterita 54 Until the tale of years disorb my hand, And set a graveward darkness on my brain. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.adj.1855 |
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