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Advance :: Advance (v.) A furnishing of something before an equivalent is received (as money or goods), towards a capital or stock, or on loan; payment beforehand; the money or goods thus furnished; money or value supplied beforehand..

Edgewise :: Edgewise (adv.) With the edge towards anything; in the direction of the edge.

Basin :: Basin (n.) The entire tract of country drained by a river, or sloping towards a sea or lake..

Appulse :: Appulse (n.) A driving or running towards; approach; impulse; also, the act of striking against..

Gin :: Gin (n.) Against; near by; towards; as, gin night..

Towards :: Towards (prep.) In the direction of; to.

Epicurize :: Epicurize (v. i.) To profess or tend towards the doctrines of Epicurus.

Against :: Against (prep.) Abreast; opposite to; facing; towards; as, against the mouth of a river; -- in this sense often preceded by over..

Towards :: Towards (prep.) With direction to, in a moral sense; with respect or reference to; regarding; concerning..

Centripetal :: Centripetal (a.) Expanding first at the base of the inflorescence, and proceeding in order towards the summit..

Restitution :: Restitution (v.) The movement of rotetion which usually occurs in childbirth after the head has been delivered, and which causes the latter to point towards the side to which it was directed at the beginning of labor..

Adducent :: Adducent (a.) Bringing together or towards a given point; -- a word applied to those muscles of the body which pull one part towards another. Opposed to abducent.

Affection :: Affection (n.) A settled good will; kind feeling; love; zealous or tender attachment; -- often in the pl. Formerly followed by to, but now more generally by for or towards; as, filial, social, or conjugal affections; to have an affection for or towards children..

Affluence :: Affluence (n.) A flowing to or towards; a concourse; an influx.

Declension :: Declension (n.) A falling off towards a worse state; a downward tendency; deterioration; decay; as, the declension of virtue, of science, of a state, etc..

Decline :: Decline (v. i.) To tend or draw towards a close, decay, or extinction; to tend to a less perfect state; to become diminished or impaired; to fail; to sink; to diminish; to lessen; as, the day declines; virtue declines; religion declines; business declines..

Tend :: Tend (a.) To move in a certain direction; -- usually with to or towards.

Charge :: Charge (v. t.) The act of rushing upon, or towards, an enemy; a sudden onset or attack, as of troops, esp. cavalry; hence, the signal for attack; as, to sound the charge..

Towards :: Towards (prep. & adv.) See Toward.

Diageotropism :: Diageotropism (n.) The tendency of organs (as roots) of plants to assume a position oblique or transverse to a direction towards the center of the earth.

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