Words Like DESCEND
We have put together a list of words that are similar to DESCEND.
33 Alternative Words Similar to descend
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Rappel
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Prolapse
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Abseil
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8 examples of descend
1
he descended from his high estate
2
the beggar may descend from a prince; a crown descends to the heir.
3
they descended the river in boats; to descend a ladder.
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he comes from humble origins
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Silence fell
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The barometer is falling
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The curtain fell on the diva
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Her hand went up and then fell again
10 definitions of descend
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.
2
To enter mentally; to retire.
3
To make an attack, or incursion, as if from a vantage ground; to come suddenly and with violence; -- with on or upon.
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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.
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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
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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
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come from; be connected by a relationship of blood, for example