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Definition of descent
Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of descent is as below...
Descent
(n.)
Incursion;
sudden
attack;
especially,
hostile
invasion
from sea; -- often
followed
by upon or on; as, to make a
descent
upon the
enemy..
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Descent
::
Descent
(n.)
Progress
downward,
as in
station,
virtue,
as in
station,
virtue,
and the like, from a
higher
to a lower
state,
from a
higher
to a lower
state,
from the more to the less
important,
from the
better
to the
worse,
etc..
Inheritance
::
Inheritance
(n.) A
perpetual
or
continuing
right which a man and his heirs have to an
estate;
an
estate
which a man has by
descent
as heir to
another,
or which he may
transmit
to
another
as his heir; an
estate
derived
from an
ancestor
to an heir in
course
of law..
Swig
::
Swiftness
(n.) The
quality
or state of being
swift;
speed;
quickness;
celerity;
velocity;
rapidity;
as, the
swiftness
of a bird; the
swiftness
of a
stream;
swiftness
of
descent
in a
falling
body;
swiftness
of
thought,
etc..
Escarpment
::
Escarpment
(n.) A steep
descent
or
declivity;
steep face or edge of a
ridge;
ground
about a
fortified
place,
cut away
nearly
vertically
to
prevent
hostile
approach.
See
Scarp..
Descent
::
Descent
(n.)
Inclination
downward;
a
descending
way;
inclined
or
sloping
surface;
declivity;
slope;
as, a steep
descent..
Drop
::
Drop (n.) Act of
dropping;
sudden
fall or
descent.
Irised
::
Irised
(a.)
Having
colors
like those of the
rainbow;
iridescent.
Descent
::
Descent
(n.) A step or
remove
downward
in any scale of
gradation;
a
degree
in the scale of
genealogy;
a
generation.
Emphyteusis
::
Emphyteusis
(n.) A real
right,
susceptible
of
assignment
and of
descent,
charged
on
productive
real
estate,
the right being
coupled
with the
enjoyment
of the
property
on
condition
of
taking
care of the
estate
and
paying
taxes,
and
sometimes
a small
rent..
Parachute
::
Parachute
(n.) A
contrivance
somewhat
in the form of an
umbrella,
by means of which a
descent
may be made from a
balloon,
or any
eminence..
Avatar
::
Avatar
(n.) The
descent
of a deity to
earth,
and his
incarnation
as a man or an
animal;
--
chiefly
associated
with the
incarnations
of
Vishnu..
Cestus
::
Cestus
(n.) A genus of
Ctenophora.
The
typical
species
(Cestus
Veneris)
is
remarkable
for its
brilliant
iridescent
colors,
and its long,
girdlelike
form..
Cognation
::
Cognation
(n.)
Relationship
by
blood;
descent
from the same
original;
kindred.
Perquisite
::
Perquisite
(n.)
Things
gotten
by a man's own
industry,
or
purchased
with his own
money,
as
opposed
to
things
which come to him by
descent..
Gradual
::
Gradual
(n.)
Proceeding
by steps or
degrees;
advancing,
step by step, as in
ascent
or
descent
or from one state to
another;
regularly
progressive;
slow; as, a
gradual
increase
of
knowledge;
a
gradual
decline..
Declivity
::
Declivity
(n.)
Deviation
from a
horizontal
line;
gradual
descent
of
surface;
inclination
downward;
slope;
--
opposed
to
acclivity,
or
ascent;
the same
slope,
considered
as
descending,
being a
declivity,
which,
considered
as
ascending,
is an
acclivity..
Pentecost
::
Pentecost
(n.) A
festival
of the Roman
Catholic
and other
churches
in
commemoration
of the
descent
of the Holy
Spirit
on the
apostles;
which
occurred
on the day of
Pentecost;
--
called
also
Whitsunday.
Strain
::
Strain
(n.) Race;
stock;
generation;
descent;
family.
Purchaser
::
Purchaser
(n.) One who
acquires
an
estate
in lands by his own act or
agreement,
or who takes or
obtains
an
estate
by any means other than by
descent
or
inheritance..
Gradient
::
Gradient
(n.) The rate of
regular
or
graded
ascent
or
descent
in a road;
grade.
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