DESCEND is a 7 letter word which starts with the letter D and ends with the letter D for which we found 5 definitions.
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(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. |
(v. i.) To enter mentally; to retire. |
(v. i.) To make an attack or incursion as if from a vantage ground; to come suddenly and with violence; -- with on or upon. |
(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. |
(v. i.) To pass from the more general or important to the particular or less important matters to be considered. |
The word DESCEND is a 7 letter word that has 2 syllable 's . The syllable division for DESCEND is: de-scend