Antonyms for descend
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : dih-send |
| Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈsɛnd |
Definition of descend
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.
- verb move down, lower a
- verb condescend
- verb trace ancestry from; be passed or handed down
- With a lowering face he watched her descend and, his hand on the newel, confronted her.
- Extract from : « Viviette » by William J. Locke
- The explosion had blown in the wall and cut off the only path by which they could descend.
- Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle
- They could not now descend from the eminence on which they stood.
- Extract from : « Stories from Thucydides » by H. L. Havell
- At this stage it is not necessary or desirable to descend to detail.
- Extract from : « The Story of the Malakand Field Force » by Sir Winston S. Churchill
- The mountain that is easy to descend must soon be climbed again.
- Extract from : « The Biography of a Grizzly » by Ernest Seton-Thompson
- Be very careful how you descend the stairs, Nandy; they are rather uneven and worn.'
- Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
- I must not descend so low as that, and carry you—so dear, so generous, so good—down with me.
- Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
- Whatsoever fashion is set in England, is certain to descend.
- Extract from : « The Uncommercial Traveller » by Charles Dickens
- Aided by my Flicie, I dressed in haste and tried to descend, but it was impossible.
- Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt
- I was at last able to descend myself, and I tried to remove the snow to one side.
- Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt
Synonyms for descend
- abase oneself
- arise
- cascade
- cataract
- cave in
- coast
- collapse
- concede
- crash
- crouch
- decline
- degenerate
- deplane
- derive
- deteriorate
- detrain
- dip
- disembark
- dismount
- dive
- dribble
- drop
- fall
- fall prostrate
- get down
- get off
- go down
- gravitate
- ground
- humble oneself
- incline
- issue
- light
- lose balance
- lower oneself
- originate
- patronize
- penetrate
- pitch
- plop
- plummet
- plunge
- proceed
- prolapse
- set
- settle
- sink
- slant
- slide
- slip
- slope
- slough off
- slump
- spring
- stoop
- stumble
- submerge
- subside
- swoop
- toboggan
- topple
- trickle
- trip
- tumble
- weep
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