descend+from
21Descend — De*scend , v. t. To go down upon or along; to pass from a higher to a lower part of; as, they descended the river in boats; to descend a ladder. [1913 Webster] But never tears his cheek descended. Byron. [1913 Webster] …
22descend — de·scend /di send/ vi: to pass by inheritance de·scen·di·bil·i·ty / ˌsen də bi lə tē/ n de·scend·ible / sen də bəl/ adj Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …
23from bank to bank — From the time the collier begins to descend for his spell of work until he reaches the top again • • • Main Entry: ↑bank …
24descend — verb 1 move downwards ADVERB ▪ quickly, rapidly ▪ slowly ▪ carefully 2 lead downwards ADVERB ▪ steeply …
25descend to — des ˈcend to [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they descend to he/she/it descends to present participle descending to past tense descended to …
26descend — 01. We [descended] the staircase to the wine cellar. 02. H. L. Mencken once remarked that it is even harder for the average ape to believe that he has [descended] from man. 03. A feeling of tension [descended] on the party after the argument. 04 …
27descend — [[t]dɪse̱nd[/t]] descends, descending, descended 1) VERB If you descend or if you descend a staircase, you move downwards from a higher to a lower level. [FORMAL] [V prep] Things are cooler and more damp as we descend to the cellar... [V n] She… …
28descend — /dəˈsɛnd / (say duh send) verb (i) 1. to move or pass from a higher to a lower place; go or come down; fall; sink. 2. to pass from higher to lower in any scale. 3. to go from generals to particulars. 4. to slope or tend downward. 5. to come down… …
29descend — v. 1 tr. & intr. go or come down (a hill, stairs, etc.). 2 intr. (of a thing) sink, fall (rain descended heavily). 3 intr. slope downwards, lie along a descending slope (fields descended to the beach). 4 intr. (usu. foll. by on) a make a sudden… …
30descend — verb 1》 move downwards. ↘(of a road or flight of steps) slope or lead down. 2》 Music become lower in pitch. 3》 (descend on) make a sudden attack on or unwelcome visit to. 4》 (be descended from) be a blood relative of (an ancestor).… …
