DESCEND
\dɪsˈɛnd], \dɪsˈɛnd], \d_ɪ_s_ˈɛ_n_d]\
Definitions of DESCEND
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
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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"
By Princeton University
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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"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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To enter mentally; to retire.
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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.
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To pass from the more general or important to the particular or less important matters to be considered.
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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.
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To move toward the south, or to the southward.
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To fall in pitch; to pass from a higher to a lower tone.
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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.
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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.
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To make an attack, or incursion, as if from a vantage ground; to come suddenly and with violence; - with on or upon.
By Oddity Software
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To enter mentally; to retire.
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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.
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To pass from the more general or important to the particular or less important matters to be considered.
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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.
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To move toward the south, or to the southward.
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To fall in pitch; to pass from a higher to a lower tone.
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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.
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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.
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To make an attack, or incursion, as if from a vantage ground; to come suddenly and with violence; - with on or upon.
By Noah Webster.
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To go or come down from a higher to a lower position; to come or fall violently or in force; as, the army was ordered to descend upon the town; be derived; fall in order of inheritance, or from one generation to another.
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To go down or along.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer