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
Example sentences :
  • 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

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