Word Finder - descended

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To pass from a higher to a lower place; to move downwards; to come or go down in any way, for example by falling, flowing, walking, climbing etc.

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The rain descended, and the floods came.

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To enter mentally; to retire.

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(with on or upon) To make an attack, or incursion, as if from a vantage ground; to come suddenly and with violence.

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And on the suitors let thy wrath descend.

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To come down to a lower, less fortunate, humbler, less virtuous, or worse, state or rank; to lower or abase oneself

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he descended from his high estate

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To pass from the more general or important to the specific or less important matters to be considered.

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To come down, as from a source, original, or stock

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To be derived (from)

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To proceed by generation or by transmission; to happen by inheritance.

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A crown descends to the heir.

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To move toward the south, or to the southward.

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To fall in pitch; to pass from a higher to a lower tone.

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To go down upon or along; to pass from a higher to a lower part of

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they descended the river in boats; to descend a ladder

The conversation with Gabriel turned over in her thoughts as she descended the stairs and left through the opened gate.

She shut the door and descended the stairs.

He felt the mood that descended over her without fully understanding it.

Nothing was visible in the valley to the left into which our troops had descended and from whence came the sounds of firing.

A back door opened off the kitchen and she descended the rock slab steps to the yard.

From the carriages emerged men wearing uniforms, stars, and ribbons, while ladies in satin and ermine cautiously descended the carriage steps which were let down for them with a clatter, and then walked hurriedly and noiselessly over the baize at the entrance.

She winced as he snatched her arm, and familiar coldness descended over her.

They crossed more intersections, descended to the level below, and stopped outside of double doors.

Later, as they descended the stairs to the hall, Dean commented, "It's nice to think Annie and her friends are up there in heaven smiling down on us, probably thinking that we're nuts for always taking on everyone's problems."

Having descended the hill at a trot, he no longer saw either our own or the enemy's fires, but heard the shouting of the French more loudly and distinctly.

Part of the Russian force had already descended into the valley toward the ponds and lakes and part were leaving these Pratzen Heights which he intended to attack and regarded as the key to the position.

Horror descended upon her as she realized the depth of Claire's betrayal.

Heart beating fast, she descended the stairs in the marble foyer, listening.

They charged through the hall toward the stairs and descended to the main floor.

Carmen turned out the light and descended the stairs.

Just then, Claire Quincy descended the stairs on cue.

She descended the stairs with a new sense of purpose.

From their platform a stair descended into the house, and the children and the Wizard explored it after lighting a lantern to show them the way.

The head of the column had already descended into the hollow.

He descended the knoll and began walking up and down before it.

I reluctantly descended the stairs, smiling but unsure what to say.

The Deans joined the ice climbers and others in the living room for afternoon snacks and chatter just as Edith Shipton descended the stairs.

As they descended the stairs, he started humming the Death March.

Later, as they descended the stairs, she laughed.

They reached the tree line and descended to the creek.

She showered and dressed in warmer clothes, locked the house door, and descended the steps to the car.

A chill descended over the desert compound as the sun set.

She felt his touch a second before the sensation of Traveling descended over her.

With the exception of the pultrelands all the estates he inherited descended to his posterity.

Since 1875 the expenditure of the state has passed through considerable fluctuations- It reached its maximum in 1883, descended E dl- in 1888 and 1889, and since then has continuously inxpeft creased.

As soon as the uhlans descended the hill, the hussars were ordered up the hill to support the battery.

When they had descended to the bridge Petya and Dolokhov rode past the sentinel, who without saying a word paced morosely up and down it, then they descended into the hollow where the Cossacks awaited them.

Finally they descended into a low place in the ravine, momentarily putting an outcropping between them and the Indians who waited.

Cassie felt the warmth of the sun as her cloud descended to the ranch.

Two mountain rescue volunteers descended with remarkable agility to where he crouched.

Tamer descended, one cracked tablet in hand.

As she descended, he thought, God, those legs make me dizzy.

Half an hour later, the chopper descended near the crater.

He stowed his recorder and descended to street level in an elevator packed tightly with exiting employees.

He assumed Cynthia Byrne was a few minutes late, but when he descended the stairs, there she sat, opposite Fred O'Connor, who was decked out in an elegant blue pinstripe suit complete with pocket handkerchief and bow tie.

While darkness had descended the town was now a hubbub of activity.

Slowly it descended, leaving a wake of tingling nerves.

His eyes found her as he descended the marble stairs.

His father, who was descended from an old untitled noble family and possessed a small estate, was by profession an advocate.

On the arrival of the news that Hyder had descended from the highlands of Mysore, cut to pieces the only British army in the field, and swept the Carnatic up to the gates of Madras, he at once adopted a policy of extraordinary boldness.

Otto was descended from Luitpold, duke of Bavaria and margrave of Carinthia, who was killed in 907 fighting the Hungarians.

Cats of the striped type are no doubt descended from the European and North African wild cats; but the origin of cats exhibiting the blotched pattern appears to be unknown.

In 392 Valentinian was secretly put to death at Vienne (in Gaul), and Arbogast, naming as his successor Eugenius, a rhetorician, descended into Italy to meet the expedition which Theodosius was heading against him.

This, except historically, is a misnomer, for, though descended from the old English Presbyterians, they retain nothing of their distinctive doctrine of polity - nothing of Presbyterianism, indeed, but the name.

Everyone in the reception room rushed forward and descended the staircase.