cast down in English

Forms: casts down [present, singular, third-person], casting down [participle, present], cast down [participle, past], cast down [past] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Etymology: From Middle English casten doun, casten adoun, equivalent to cast + down. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|casten doun}} Middle English casten doun, {{m|enm|casten adoun}} casten adoun, {{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)

Inflected forms

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        "To overthrow, to defeat or bring to ruin."
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        "(transitive) To overthrow, to defeat or bring to ruin."
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      "code": "got",
      "lang": "Gothic",
      "roman": "gadrausjan",
      "sense": "to overthrow, defeat, or bring to ruin",
      "word": "𐌲𐌰𐌳𐍂𐌰𐌿𐍃𐌾𐌰𐌽"
    }
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"cast down" meaning in English

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