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-ward definition

-ward (wərd)

  1. in a (specified) direction inward
  2. in a (specified) direction downward

Etymology: ME -werd < OE -weard < base of weorthan, to become: see worth

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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