"cast down" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: casts down [present, singular, third-person], casting down [participle, present], cast down [participle, past], cast down [past]
Etymology: From Middle English casten doun, casten adoun, equivalent to cast + down. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|casten doun}} Middle English casten doun, {{af|en|cast|down|nocat=1}} cast + down Head templates: {{en-verb|cast<,,cast> down}} cast down (third-person singular simple present casts down, present participle casting down, simple past and past participle cast down)
  1. (transitive) To make (a person) discouraged or dejected. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-cast_down-en-verb-npXWKF~z
  2. (transitive) To overthrow, to defeat or bring to ruin. Tags: transitive Translations (to overthrow, defeat, or bring to ruin): πŒ²πŒ°πŒ³π‚πŒ°πŒΏπƒπŒΎπŒ°πŒ½ (gadrausjan) (Gothic)
    Sense id: en-cast_down-en-verb-B8D05~I- Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "down", Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Gothic translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 23 55 22 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "down": 14 63 23 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 19 59 21 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 15 64 21 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 12 75 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Gothic translations: 14 72 14 Disambiguation of 'to overthrow, defeat, or bring to ruin': 1 98 1
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cast, down. Related terms: downcast, throw down
    Sense id: en-cast_down-en-verb-GliVVz9c

Inflected forms

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