UP'WARDS, adv. 1. Toward a higher place; opposed to downward. Upward I lift my eye.2. Toward heaven and God.Looking inward, we are struck dumb; looking upward, we speak and prevail.3. With respect to the higher part.Upward man, downward fish.4. More than, indefinitely. Upwards of ten years have elapsed; upwards of a hundred men were present.5. Toward the source. Trace the stream upwards.And trace the muses upwards to their spring.
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