Descend

  • 21descend — 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… …

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  • 22descend — 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… …

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  • 23descend — /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… …

  • 24descend — 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… …

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  • 25descend — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. go down (see descent); lower or debase oneself (see disrepute). descend [up]on II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To move lower] Syn. come down, go down, slide, settle, drop, stoop, gravitate, slip, dismount,… …

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  • 26descend — 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).… …

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  • 27descend — 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 …

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  • 28descend — 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 …

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  • 29descend — [dɪˈsend] verb 1) [I/T] formal to go down something such as a mountain, a slope, or stairs Ant: ascend 2) [I] to move closer to the ground from the air or from a high point 3) be descended from to be related to a person or animal that lived long… …

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  • 30descend — verb [dɪˈsend/ a) To pass from a higher to a lower place; to move downwards; to come or go down in any way, as by falling, flowing, walking, etc.; to plunge; to fall; to incline downward The rain descended, and the floods came. Matthew vii. 25.… …

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