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Definitionv. move downward and lower
Last update: February 7, 2016
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They descended from the stairs rather quietly. [adjective]
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Steep steps descend from the west of the rock, beyond the city walls to the restless river. [adverb]
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They descend like flies wherever there 's a fast buck to be made. [verb]
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Hawkeye moved away from the lookout, and descended, musing profoundly, to the shore. [verb]
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As soon as this change was made, the leader made signs to the prisoners to descend and enter. [verb]
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Heyward assisted the sisters to descend, and in a few minutes they were all far down a mountain whose sides they had climbed with so much toil and pain. [verb]
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Angela descended from the witness-box falteringly, and would perhaps have fallen but for her father's strong grasp, which clutched her arm as she reached the last step. [verb]
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De Malfort went on fooling with Lady Lucretia, whose lovely hand and arm, her strongest point, descended upon a card now and then, to indicate the play she deemed wisest. [verb]
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Stoutly grumbling thus, the elder and far heavier Admiral descended the hill to the white gate slowly, as behooved the owner. [verb]
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And to upset all the State, the King, the House of Lords, and the Parliamentary House, and all as is descended from the Romans. [verb]
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, and who by the less vouched, yet plausible tradition of the country, is said to have been descended from the Marmor of Clochnaben. [verb]
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