Descend
51descend — verb Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French descendre, from Latin descendere, from de + scandere to climb more at scan Date: 13th century intransitive verb 1. to pass from a higher place or level to a lower one < descended from the platform …
52descend — de·scend di send vi to pass from a higher place or level to a lower one <normally the testicle descends into the scrotum between the seventh and ninth month in utero (Therapeutic Notes)> …
53descend [up]on — attack …
54descend on — (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To approach] Syn. close in, converge upon, advance upon; see approach 2 , visit 4 . 2. [To attack] Syn. beset, invade, raid, pounce on; see attack 1 …
55descend — de·scend || dɪ send v. go down; be handed down (from generation to generation); lower oneself morally …
56descend v — condescendingly adv …
57descend — I. v. n. 1. Fall, sink, drop, go down, come down. 2. Dismount, alight, get down. 3. Go, pass, proceed, be transferred or transmitted or handed down. 4. Originate, be derived, take rise. 5. Make an attack, make an assault, make a descent. II. v. a …
58descend — v 1. come down, go down, move down, climb down; drop, fall, subside, slope, gravitate, settle on, land on; decline, set; plummet, plunge, sink, dip, dive, submerge, founder, immerse; tumble, slump, topple, droop; trip, stumble, lurch, careen; hit …
59descend — de·scend …
60descend on — Syn: flock to, besiege, surround, take over, invade, swoop on, occupy …
