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DESCEND
descend, fall, go down, come down
(verb) move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way; “The temperature is going down”; “The barometer is falling”; “The curtain fell on the diva”; “Her hand went up and then fell again”
condescend, deign, descend
(verb) do something that one considers to be below one’s dignity
derive, come, descend
(verb) come from; be connected by a relationship of blood, for example; “She was descended from an old Italian noble family”; “he comes from humble origins”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
descend (third-person singular simple present descends, present participle descending, simple past and past participle descended)
(intransitive) To pass from a higher to a lower place; to move downwards; to come or go down in any way, for example by falling, flowing, walking, climbing etc.
(intransitive, poetic) To enter mentally; to retire.
(intransitive, with on or upon) To make an attack, or incursion, as if from a vantage ground; to come suddenly and with violence.
(intransitive) To come down to a lower, less fortunate, humbler, less virtuous, or worse, state or rank; to lower or abase oneself
(intransitive) To pass from the more general or important to the specific or less important matters to be considered.
(intransitive) To come down, as from a source, original, or stock
to be derived (from)
to proceed by generation or by transmission; to happen by inheritance.
(intransitive, astronomy) To move toward the south, or to the southward.
(intransitive, music) To fall in pitch; to pass from a higher to a lower tone.
(transitive) To go down upon or along; to pass from a higher to a lower part of
Synonyms
• go down
Antonyms
• ascend
• go up
Anagrams
• scended
Source: Wiktionary
De*scend", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Descended; p. pr. & vb. n. Descending.] Etym: [F. descendre, L. descendere, descensum; de- + scandere to climb. See Scan.]
1. 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 opposite of ascend. The rain descended, and the floods came. Matt. vii. 25. We will here descend to matters of later date. Fuller.
2. To enter mentally; to retire. [Poetic] [He] with holiest meditations fed, Into himself descended. Milton.
3. To make an attack, or incursion, as if from a vantage ground; to come suddenly and with violence; -- with on or upon. And on the suitors let thy wrath descend. Pope.
4. To come down to a lower, less fortunate, humbler, less virtuous, or worse, state or station; to lower or abase one's self; as, he descended from his high estate.
5. To pass from the more general or important to the particular or less important matters to be considered.
6. To come down, as from a source, original, or stock; to be derived; to proceed by generation or by transmission; to fall or pass by inheritance; as, the beggar may descend from a prince; a crown descends to the heir.
7. (Anat.)
Definition: To move toward the south, or to the southward.
8. (Mus.)
Definition: To fall in pitch; to pass from a higher to a lower tone.
De*scend", v. t.
Definition: 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. But never tears his cheek descended. Byron.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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