Antonyms for de scent

Grammar : Noun

Spell : dih-sent

Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈsɛnt

Definition of de scent

Origin : c.1300, from Old French descente "descent, descendance, lineage," formed from descendre (see descend) on analogy of French nouns such as attente from attendre "to expect," vente "sale" from vendre "to sell," pente "slope" from pendre "to hang" (the etymological English word from Latin would be *descence).
Figurative use is from late 14c. Meaning "action of descending," also "a downward slope" is from 1590s. Meaning "act of descending from an ancestor" is from mid-14c. Evolutionary sense is from 1859 in Darwin, though there are uses which suggest essentially the same thing going back to 1630s.

As in incline : noun slope
As in lapse : noun backsliding
As in line : noun ancestry
As in lineage : noun ancestry
As in origin : noun family, heritage
As in pedigree : noun ancestry, heritage
As in plunge : noun quick drop; enthusiastic attempt
As in raid : noun attack, seizure
As in roots : noun ancestry
As in slope : noun slant, tilt
As in slump : noun decline, failure
As in stock : noun ancestry
As in strain : noun ancestry
As in birth : noun heritage
As in declivity : noun slope
As in blood : noun ancestry
As in bloodline : noun ancestry
As in downslide : noun decline
As in downswing : noun decline
As in dropoff : noun decline
As in header : noun plunge
As in menage : noun family
As in nosedive : noun plunge
As in nosedive : noun fall
As in class : noun societal group, background
As in parentage : noun ancestry
As in recidivation : noun lapse
As in recidivism : noun lapse
As in comedown : noun letdown, blow
As in decline : noun lessening
As in decline : noun downward change in value, position
As in derivation : noun root, source
As in descent : noun moving down; lowering
As in descent : noun line of ancestry
As in descent : noun deterioration
As in descent : noun assault, attack
As in deterioration : noun decay, degeneration
As in dip : noun depression; decline
As in discomfiture : noun embarrassment, frustration
As in downfall : noun disgrace, ruin
As in downgrade : noun slope
As in downturn : noun drop
As in drop : noun steep decline; hole
As in drop : noun decrease
As in extraction : noun ancestry, origin
As in family : noun kin, offspring; classification
As in family tree : noun genealogical chart
As in foray : noun incursion, attempt
As in ancestry : noun family predecessors; family history
As in genealogy : noun person's family tree
As in antecedent(s) : noun predecessor(s) in family
As in grade : noun incline, slope
As in anticlimax : noun ineffective conclusion

Example sentences :

I speck, when I git in de water, to frow de dogs off de scent, but dey git so near dey see and hear me.
Extract from : « Watch and Wait » by Oliver Optic

Run fo' de branch—git yo' foots in de worter an' fling 'em off de scent!
Extract from : « Danny's Own Story » by Don Marquis

Synonyms for de scent

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