Definition:
- (n.) The act of descending, or passing downward; change of place from higher to lower.
- (n.) Incursion; sudden attack; especially, hostile invasion from sea; -- often followed by upon or on; as, to make a descent upon the enemy.
- (n.) Progress downward, as in station, virtue, as in station, virtue, and the like, from a higher to a lower state, from a higher to a lower state, from the more to the less important, from the better to the worse, etc.
- (n.) Derivation, as from an ancestor; procedure by generation; lineage; birth; extraction.
- (n.) Transmission of an estate by inheritance, usually, but not necessarily, in the descending line; title to inherit an estate by reason of consanguinity.
- (n.) Inclination downward; a descending way; inclined or sloping surface; declivity; slope; as, a steep descent.
- (n.) That which is descended; descendants; issue.
- (n.) A step or remove downward in any scale of gradation; a degree in the scale of genealogy; a generation.
- (n.) Lowest place; extreme downward place.
- (n.) A passing from a higher to a lower tone.
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descant vs. descent
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descent vs. syngenesis
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descendible vs. descent
condescendence vs. descent
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accent vs. descent
arrive vs. descent
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descent vs. plunge
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descent vs. traverse
descent vs. lightening
descent vs. devolution
descender vs. descent
condescension vs. descent
descent vs. escarpment
descent vs. lineally
descent vs. inherit
descent vs. tuesday
dago vs. descent
descent vs. extraction
descent vs. genealogy
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descend vs. descent
condition vs. descent
descent vs. status
descent vs. lower
descent vs. drop
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descent vs. incline
descent vs. passage
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descent vs. down
descending vs. descent
descent vs. way
ascent vs. descent
descent vs. pentecost
descent vs. kindred
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descent vs. entail
descent vs. egyptian
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armenian vs. descent
descent vs. kin
descent vs. nationality
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