Definition of descend

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Descend (v. i.) To pass from the more general or important to the particular or less important matters to be considered.

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Condescended :: Condescended (imp. & p. p.) of Condescen.
Nobly :: Nobly (adv.) Of noble extraction; as, nobly born or descended..
Water :: Water (n.) The fluid which descends from the clouds in rain, and which forms rivers, lakes, seas, etc..
Circulatory :: Circulatory (n.) A chemical vessel consisting of two portions unequally exposed to the heat of the fire, and with connecting pipes or passages, through which the fluid rises from the overheated portion, and descends from the relatively colder, maintaining a circulation..
Descendent :: Descendent (a.) Descending; falling; proceeding from an ancestor or source.
Declivity :: Declivity (n.) A descending surface; a sloping place.
Wince :: Wince (n.) A reel used in dyeing, steeping, or washing cloth; a winch. It is placed over the division wall between two wince pits so as to allow the cloth to descend into either compartment. at will..
Issue :: Issue (n.) Progeny; a child or children; offspring. In law, sometimes, in a general sense, all persons descended from a common ancestor; all lineal descendants..
Step :: Step (v. i.) A rest, or one of a set of rests, for the foot in ascending or descending, as a stair, or a round of a ladder..
Inherit :: Inherit (v. t.) To take by descent from an ancestor; to take by inheritance; to take as heir on the death of an ancestor or other person to whose estate one succeeds; to receive as a right or title descendible by law from an ancestor at his decease; as, the heir inherits the land or real estate of his father; the eldest son of a nobleman inherits his father's title; the eldest son of a king inherits the crown..
Black :: Black (n.) A negro; a person whose skin is of a black color, or shaded with black; esp. a member or descendant of certain African races..
Gradation :: Gradation (n.) A diatonic ascending or descending succession of chords.
Mallard :: Mallard (a.) A large wild duck (Anas boschas) inhabiting both America and Europe. The domestic duck has descended from this species. Called also greenhead.
Ladino :: Ladino (n.) One of the half-breed descendants of whites and Indians; a mestizo; -- so called throughout Central America. They are usually of a yellowish orange tinge.
Yankee :: Yankee (n.) A nickname for a native or citizen of New England, especially one descended from old New England stock; by extension, an inhabitant of the Northern States as distinguished from a Southerner; also, applied sometimes by foreigners to any inhabitant of the United States..
Condescendency :: Condescendency (n.) Condescension.
Direct :: Direct (a.) In the line of descent; not collateral; as, a descendant in the direct line..
Sap :: Sap (n.) The juice of plants of any kind, especially the ascending and descending juices or circulating fluid essential to nutrition..
Bohemian :: Bohemian (a.) Of or pertaining to Bohemia, or to the language of its ancient inhabitants or their descendants. See Bohemian, n., 2..
Hamite :: Hamite (n.) A descendant of Ham, Noah's second son. See Gen. x. 6-20..
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