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Descend   /dɪsˈɛnd/   Listen
Descend

verb
(past & past part. descended; pres. part. descending)
1.
Move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way.  Synonyms: come down, fall, go down.  "The barometer is falling" , "The curtain fell on the diva" , "Her hand went up and then fell again"
2.
Come from; be connected by a relationship of blood, for example.  Synonyms: come, derive.  "He comes from humble origins"
3.
Do something that one considers to be below one's dignity.  Synonyms: condescend, deign.
4.
Come as if by falling.  Synonyms: fall, settle.  "Silence fell"



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"Descend" Quotes from Famous Books



... out with fire The shining eye of this thy neighbouring monster! And thou, O Sleep, nursling of gloomy Night, 605 Descend unmixed on this God-hated beast, And suffer not Ulysses and his comrades, Returning from their famous Trojan toils, To perish by this man, who cares not either For God or mortal; or I needs must think 610 That Chance is a supreme divinity, And things divine ...
— The Complete Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley Volume I • Percy Bysshe Shelley
 
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... in such a style as this? In such a method, too, and yet not miss My end—thy good? Why may it not be done? Dark clouds bring waters, when the bright bring none. Yea, dark or bright, if they their silver drops Cause to descend, the earth, by yielding crops, Gives praise to both, and carpeth not at either, But treasures up the fruit they yield together; Yea, so commixes both, that in her fruit None can distinguish this from that: they suit Her well when hungry; but, if ...
— The Pilgrim's Progress - From this world to that which is to come. • John Bunyan
 
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... their families. Under the provisions of the act approved February 10, 1855, the children of such persons are to be deemed and taken to be citizens of the United States, but the rights of citizenship are not to descend to persons whose fathers never resided in the ...
— A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents: Ulysses S. Grant • James D. Richardson
 
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... turned to descend the inner stairs, by which they had entered. As they did so there was a crash, and the forward part of the roof fell in. An instant later the stairway was buried put of sight under a ...
— The Young Firemen of Lakeville - or, Herbert Dare's Pluck • Frank V. Webster
 
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... left the host unattended and is coming after us very swiftly." There is not a single one who does not believe this. They all desire to go to meet him; but each desires to go alone. Cliges must needs descend into a great valley between two mountains. Never would he have recognised their insignia if they had not come to meet him, or if they had not awaited him. Six of them advanced to meet him; but soon will they have had an ill meeting with him. The others stay with ...
— Cliges: A Romance • Chretien de Troyes
 
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