Crossword-Solution: DESCEND
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Descend | v. i. | 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. |
| Descend | v. i. | To enter mentally; to retire. |
| Descend | v. i. | To make an attack, or incursion, as if from a vantage ground; to come suddenly and with violence; -- with on or upon. |
| Descend | v. i. | 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. |
| Descend | v. i. | To pass from the more general or important to the particular or less important matters to be considered. |
| Descend | v. i. | 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. |
| Descend | v. i. | To move toward the south, or to the southward. |
| Descend | v. i. | To fall in pitch; to pass from a higher to a lower tone. |
| Descend | v. t. | 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. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| DESCEND | anagram | SCENDED |
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An inflammatory disease of the skin, characterized by the
presence of redness and itching, an eruption of small vesicles, and the
discharge of a watery exudation, which often dries up, leaving the skin
covered with crusts; -- called also tetter, milk crust, and salt rheum.
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Sentences with DESCEND (5)
Descend from Heav’n _Urania_, by that name If rightly thou art call’d, whose Voice divine Following, above th’ _Olympian_ Hill I soare, Above the flight of _Pegasean_ wing.
Concealing his sad plight under a merry guise, the Fox indulged in a lavish praise of the water, saying it was excellent beyond measure, and encouraging him to descend.
Don’t any of you know his name?” “Never heard the man’s name in my life, or seed his form afore.” The fire began to get worsted, and Gabriel’s elevated position being no longer required of him, he made as if to descend.
THE GOVERNOR’S HALL Hester Prynne went one day to the mansion of Governor Bellingham, with a pair of gloves which she had fringed and embroidered to his order, and which were to be worn on some great occasion of state; for, though the chances of a popular election had caused this former ruler to descend a step or two from the highest rank, he still held an honourable and influential place among the colonial magistracy.
And what, I wondered, was this Lemur doing in my scheme of a perfectly balanced organisation? How was it related to the indolent serenity of the beautiful Overworlders? And what was hidden down there, at the foot of that shaft? I sat upon the edge of the well telling myself that, at any rate, there was nothing to fear, and that there I must descend for the solution of my difficulties.
Quotes with DESCEND (3)
When love beckons to you follow him, Though his ways are hard and steep. And when his wings enfold you yield to him, Though the sword hidden among his pinions may wound you. And when he speaks to you believe in him, Though his voice may shatter your dreams as the north wind lays waste the garden. For even as love crowns you so shall he crucify you. Even as he is for your growth so is he for your pruning. Even as he ascends to your height and caresses your tenderest branches t…
To make a deliberate falsification for personal gain is the last, worst depth to which either scholar or artist can descend in work or life., 8 September 1935)
Until modern times, we focused a great deal of the best of our thought upon rituals of return to the human condition. Seeking enlightenment or the Promised Land or the way home, a man would go or be forced to go into the wilderness, measure himself against the Creation, recognize finally his true place within it, and thus be saved both from pride and from despair. Seeing himself as a tiny member of a world he cannot comprehend or master or in any final sense possess, he canno…
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Appears in: Boston Globe, Crossroads, CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, NYT, Universal, USA TODAY, WSJ.
Used 33 times in crossword archives (1952–2022).