(1):
(adv.) From a higher to a lower condition; toward misery, humility, disgrace, or ruin.
(2):
(adv.) From a higher place to a lower; in a descending course; as, to tend, move, roll, look, or take root, downward or downwards.
(3):
(adv.) From a remote time; from an ancestor or predecessor; from one to another in a descending line.
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