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descent

Descent is a 7 letter word which starts with the letter D and ends with the letter T for which we found 5 definitions.

Definition
(n.) The act of descending or passing downward; change of place from higher to lower.
(n.) Incursion; sudden attack; especially hostile invasion from sea; -- often followed by upon or on; as to make a descent upon the enemy.
(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.
(n.) Derivation as from an ancestor; procedure by generation; lineage; birth; extraction.
(n.) Transmission of an estate by inheritance usually but not necessarily in the descending line; title to inherit an estate by reason of consanguinity.

Syllable Information

The word descent is a 7 letter word that has 2 syllable 's . The syllable division for descent is: de-scent


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