verb
( -ed/-ing/-s )
Etymology: Middle English avalen, from Middle French avaler, from Old French, from aval downward, from a to (from Latin ad ) + val valley — more at at , vale
transitive verb
1. obsolete : lower : let fall
2. obsolete : to bring low : abase
intransitive verb
1. obsolete : descend , dismount
2. obsolete : to sink down : flow down