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11descend — descendingly, adv. /di send /, v.i. 1. to go or pass from a higher to a lower place; move or come down: to descend from the mountaintop. 2. to pass from higher to lower in any scale or series. 3. to go from generals to particulars, as in a… …
12descend — de•scend [[t]dɪˈsɛnd[/t]] v. i. 1) to go or pass from a higher to a lower place; move or come down: to descend from the mountaintop[/ex] 2) to pass from higher to lower in any scale or series 3) to go from generals to particulars, as in a… …
13descend */*/ — UK [dɪˈsend] / US verb Word forms descend : present tense I/you/we/they descend he/she/it descends present participle descending past tense descended past participle descended 1) [intransitive/transitive] formal to go down a mountain or slope, or …
14descend — verb 1) the plane started descending Syn: go down, come down; drop, fall, sink, dive, plummet, plunge, nosedive Ant: ascend, climb 2) she descended the stairs …
15descend — verb 1) the plane started descending Syn: go down, come down, drop, fall, sink, dive, plummet, plunge, nosedive 2) she descended the stairs Syn: climb down, go down …
16descend — c.1300, from O.Fr. descendre (10c.) descend, dismount; fall into; originate in, from L. descendere come down, descend, sink, from de down (see DE (Cf. de )) + scandere to climb, from PIE root *skand jump (see SCAN (Cf …
17descend — ► VERB 1) move down or downwards. 2) slope or lead downwards. 3) (descend to) lower oneself to commit (a shameful act). 4) (descend on) make a sudden attack on or unwelcome visit to. 5) (be descended from) be a blood relative of (an a …
18descend — [dē send′, disend′] vi. [ME descenden < OFr descendre < L descendere, to climb down, fall < de , down + scandere, to climb < ? IE base * skend , * skand , to leap > Gr skandalon (> SCANDAL), Sans Skandati, (he) leaps] 1. to move …
19descend — [v1] move down, lower a cascade, cataract, cave in*, coast, collapse, crash, crouch, decline, deplane, detrain, dip, disembark, dismount, dive, dribble*, drop, fall, fall prostrate, get down, get off, go down, gravitate, ground, incline, light,… …
20descend — descend, dismount, alight mean to get or come down from a height. One descends when one climbs down a slope (as of a hill or mountain), a ladder, a step, a stair, a wall, or a tree; one dismounts when one gets down from a horse or from a bicycle… …
