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Definition of UPWARD
Upward Upward Up"ward, Upwards Up"wards, adv. [AS. upweardes. See
Up-, and -wards.]
1. In a direction from lower to higher; toward a higher
place; in a course toward the source or origin; -- opposed
to downward; as, to tend or roll upward. --I. Watts.
Looking inward, we are stricken dumb; looking
upward, we speak and prevail. --Hooker.
2. In the upper parts; above.
Dagon his name, sea monster, upward man, And down
ward fish. --Milton.
3. Yet more; indefinitely more; above; over.
From twenty years old and upward. --Num. i. 3.
Upward of, or Upwards of, more than; above.
I have been your wife in this obedience Upward of
twenty years. --Shak.
Upward Upward Up"ward, a. [AS. upweard. See Up, and -ward.]
Directed toward a higher place; as, with upward eye; with
upward course.
Upward Upward Up"ward, n.
The upper part; the top. [Obs.]
From the extremest upward of thy head. --Shak.
