Definition of descend

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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..

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Bourbon :: Bourbon (n.) A member of a family which has occupied several European thrones, and whose descendants still claim the throne of France..
Downward :: Downward (a.) Descending from a head, origin, or source; as, a downward line of descent..
Extraught :: Extraught (p. p.) Extracted; descended.
Inheritability :: Inheritability (n.) The quality of being inheritable or descendible to heirs.
Ghaut :: Ghaut (n.) Stairs descending to a river; a landing place; a wharf.
Stock :: Stock (n.) The original progenitor; also, the race or line of a family; the progenitor of a family and his direct descendants; lineage; family..
Copts :: Copts (n. pl.) An Egyptian race thought to be descendants of the ancient Egyptians.
Descent :: Descent (n.) Transmission of an estate by inheritance, usually, but not necessarily, in the descending line; title to inherit an estate by reason of consanguinity..
Descendible :: Descendible (a.) Admitting descent; capable of being descended.
Water :: Water (n.) The fluid which descends from the clouds in rain, and which forms rivers, lakes, seas, etc..
Stair :: Stair (n.) One step of a series for ascending or descending to a different level; -- commonly applied to those within a building.
Redescend :: Redescend (v. i.) To descend again.
Mark :: Mark (n.) Image; likeness; hence, those formed in one's image; children; descendants..
Cingalese :: Cingalese (n. sing. & pl.) A native or natives of Ceylon descended from its primitive inhabitant.
Tradition :: Tradition (n.) The unwritten or oral delivery of information, opinions, doctrines, practices, rites, and customs, from father to son, or from ancestors to posterity; the transmission of any knowledge, opinions, or practice, from forefathers to descendants by oral communication, without written memorials..
Offspring :: Offspring (n.sing. & pl.) That which is produced; a child or children; a descendant or descendants, however remote from the stock..
Nobly :: Nobly (adv.) Of noble extraction; as, nobly born or descended..
Khutbah :: Khutbah (n.) An address or public prayer read from the steps of the pulpit in Mohammedan mosques, offering glory to God, praising Mohammed and his descendants, and the ruling princes..
Decline :: Decline (v. i.) To bend, or lean downward; to take a downward direction; to bend over or hang down, as from weakness, weariness, despondency, etc.; to condescend..
Collateral :: Collateral (a.) Descending from the same stock or ancestor, but not in the same line or branch or one from the other; -- opposed to lineal..
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