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slow (v.)
1550s, "make slower;" 1590s, "go slower," from
slow
(adj.). Related:
Slowed
;
slowing
. Old English had
slawian
(intransitive) "to be or become slow, be sluggish," but the modern use appears to be a 16c. re-formation.