6. To reduce in value, amount, etc.; as, to lower the price of goods,
the rate of interest, etc.
Low"er, v. i. To fall; to sink; to grow less; to diminish; to decrease;
as, the river lowered as rapidly as it rose.
Low"er (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Lowered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Lowering.]
[OE. lowren, luren; cf. D. loeren, LG. luren. G. lauern to lurk, to be
on the watch, and E. leer, lurk.] 1. To be dark, gloomy, and
threatening, as clouds; to be covered with dark and threatening clouds,
as the sky; to show threatening signs of approach, as a tempest.
All the clouds that lowered upon our house.
Shak.