English

Verb

avile ‎(third-person singular simple present aviles, present participle aviling, simple past and past participle aviled)

1. (obsolete) To abase or debase; to vilify; to depreciate.
   • 1610: Ben Jonson, Prince Henry's Barriers - Want makes us know the price of what we avile.

References

• avile in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1914

Anagrams

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