Synonyms for de scend

Grammar : Verb

Spell : dih-send

Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈsɛnd

Top 10 synonyms for de scend

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Définition of de scend

Origin : c.1300, from Old French descendre (10c.) "descend, dismount; fall into; originate in," from Latin descendere "come down, descend, sink," from de- "down" (see de-) + scandere "to climb," from PIE root *skand- "jump" (see scan (v.)). Sense of "originate" is late 14c. in English. Related: Descended; descending.

As in lapse : verb become void; fall back into previous pattern
As in lower : verb let down; fall
As in pitch : verb dive, roll
As in plummet : verb fall hard and fast
As in plunge : verb dive or fall fast
As in rot : verb corrode, deteriorate
As in set : verb decline
As in settle : verb come to rest; fall
As in sink : verb fall in, go under
As in sink : verb deteriorate
As in slant : verb angle off, slope
As in slope : verb slant, tilt
As in spring : verb originate, emerge
As in step : verb move foot to walk
As in stoop : verb bow down
As in stoop : verb condescend; lower oneself to another
As in submerge : verb dunk in liquid
As in subside : verb die down; decrease
As in tumble : verb fall or make fall awkwardly
As in worsen : verb diminish, decay
As in cascade : verb fall in a rush
As in glissade : verb glide
As in submerse : verb sink
As in come down : verb worsen
As in condescend : verb stoop, humble oneself
As in degenerate : verb decay, deteriorate
As in demean : verb humble, humiliate
As in derive from : verb come from; arise
As in descend : verb move down, lower a
As in descend : verb condescend
As in descend : verb trace ancestry from; be passed or handed down
As in deteriorate : verb decay, degenerate
As in disintegrate : verb fall apart; reduce to pieces
As in dismount : verb get off something higher
As in drop : verb fall in globules
As in drop : verb let go of; fall
As in alight : verb land
As in get down : verb dismount
As in get off : verb depart
As in glide : verb move smoothly and quickly on a surface
As in go down : verb lose, fall
As in gravitate : verb be drawn toward; fall to

Antonyms for de scend

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