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Webster 1913 Edition

Downward

Down′ward

,
Adj.
1.
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.
2.
Descending from a head, origin, or source;
as, a
downward
line of descent
.
3.
Tending to a lower condition or state; depressed; dejected;
as,
downward
thoughts
.
Sir P. Sidney.

Webster 1828 Edition

Downward

DOWNWARD

, DOWNWARDS,
adv.
[See Ward.]
1.
From a higher place to a lower; in a descending course, whether directly toward the center of the earth, or not; as, to tend downward; to move or roll downwards; to look downward; to take root downwards.
2.
In a course or direction from a head, spring, origin or source. Water flows downward toward the sea; we sailed downward on the stream.
3.
In a course of lineal descent from an ancestor, considered as a head; as, to trace successive generations downward from Adam or Abraham.
4.
In the course of falling or descending from elevation or distinction.

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