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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Condescendency :: Condescendency (n.) Condescension.
Pali :: Pali (n.) A dialect descended from Sanskrit, and like that, a dead language, except when used as the sacred language of the Buddhist religion in Farther India, etc..
Descended :: Descended (imp. & p. p.) of Descen.
Manhole :: Manhole (n.) A hole through which a man may descend or creep into a drain, sewer, steam boiler, parts of machinery, etc., for cleaning or repairing..
Buck :: Buck (v. i.) To spring with quick plunging leaps, descending with the fore legs rigid and the head held as low down as possible; -- said of a vicious horse or mule..
Bourbon :: Bourbon (n.) A member of a family which has occupied several European thrones, and whose descendants still claim the throne of France..
Descendant :: Descendant (n.) One who descends, as offspring, however remotely; -- correlative to ancestor or ascendant..
Fatimide :: Fatimide (a.) Descended from Fatima, the daughter and only child of Mohammed..
Vest :: Vest (v. i.) To come or descend; to be fixed; to take effect, as a title or right; -- followed by in; as, upon the death of the ancestor, the estate, or the right to the estate, vests in the heir at law..
Descendible :: Descendible (a.) Admitting descent; capable of being descended.
Pregravitate :: Pregravitate (v. i.) To descend by gravity; to sink.
Carlovingian :: Carlovingian (a.) Pertaining to, founded by, of descended from, Charlemagne; as, the Carlovingian race of kings..
Son :: Son (n.) A male descendant, however distant; hence, in the plural, descendants in general..
Pitch :: Pitch (n.) The point where a declivity begins; hence, the declivity itself; a descending slope; the degree or rate of descent or slope; slant; as, a steep pitch in the road; the pitch of a roof..
Deign :: Deign (v. t.) To condescend to give or bestow; to stoop to furnish; to vouchsafe; to allow; to grant.
Nephew :: Nephew (n.) A grandson or grandchild, or remoter lineal descendant..
Descent :: Descent (n.) That which is descended; descendants; issue.
Water Deer :: Water deer () A small Chinese deer (Hydropotes inermis). Both sexes are destitute of antlers, but the male has large, descending canine tusks..
Descend :: Descend (v. i.) To fall in pitch; to pass from a higher to a lower tone.
Derive :: Derive (v. i.) To flow; to have origin; to descend; to proceed; to be deduced.
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