Definition of toward

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Toward (prep.) Readly to do or learn; compliant with duty; not froward; apt; docile; tractable; as, a toward youth..

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Cephalad :: Cephalad (adv.) Forwards; towards the head or anterior extremity of the body; opposed to caudad.
Heliotropic :: Heliotropic (a.) Manifesting heliotropism; turning toward the sun.
Laterally :: Laterally (adv.) By the side; sidewise; toward, or from, the side..
Leeward :: Leeward (a.) Pertaining to, or in the direction of, the part or side toward which the wind blows; -- opposed to windward; as, a leeward berth; a leeward ship..
Enpatron :: Enpatron (v. t.) To act the part of a patron towards; to patronize.
Hindmost :: Hindmost (a.) Furthest in or toward the rear; last.
Mark :: Mark (n.) That toward which a missile is directed; a thing aimed at; what one seeks to hit or reach.
Revert :: Revert (v. i.) To return, wholly or in part, towards some preexistent form; to take on the traits or characters of an ancestral type..
Westing :: Westing (n.) The distance, reckoned toward the west, between the two meridians passing through the extremities of a course, or portion of a ship's path; the departure of a course which lies to the west of north..
Natant :: Natant (a.) Placed horizontally across the field, as if swimmimg toward the dexter side; said of all sorts of fishes except the flying fish..
Edgewise :: Edgewise (adv.) With the edge towards anything; in the direction of the edge.
Propend :: Propend (v. i.) To lean toward a thing; to be favorably inclined or disposed; to incline; to tend.
Centripetal :: Centripetal (a.) Having the radicle turned toward the axis of the fruit, as some embryos..
Lee :: Lee (n.) That part of the hemisphere, as one stands on shipboard, toward which the wind blows. See Lee, a..
Northwest :: Northwest (adv.) Toward the northwest.
Levogyrate :: Levogyrate (a.) Turning or twisting the plane of polarization towards the left, as levulose, levotartaric acid, etc..
Midward :: Midward (adv.) In or toward the midst.
Induplicate :: Induplicate (a.) Having the edges bent abruptly toward the axis; -- said of the parts of the calyx or corolla in aestivation.
Liquidate :: Liquidate (v. t.) In an extended sense: To ascertain the amount, or the several amounts, of , and apply assets toward the discharge of (an indebtedness)..
Levorotatory :: Levorotatory (a.) Turning or rotating the plane of polarization towards the left; levogyrate, as levulose, left-handed quartz crystals, etc..
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