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Meaning of Descend | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Standard
dɪˈsɛnd

Definitions

Synonym of descent (“instance of descending; sloping incline or passage; way down; decline, etc.”).

archaic

Equivalents

العربية إنزل
Български произлизам
Deutsch abstammen
Esperanto profundigi
Español descender
Suomi alentua kulkea langeta laskea laskeutua periytyä pienetä polveutua pudota vajota
Français descend Descendre
Gaeilge ísligh síolaigh
Nederlands afstammen
Português abaixar baixar descer
Română descinde proveni
Русский напада́ть напасть обрушиваться обрушиться произойти происходить
Shqip bien zbres
Türkçe saldırmak üşüşmek

Examples

“[I]t ſhall be good if in your iourney you come to the deſcend of anye great Hil, to light from your Horſes backe, and to vvalke dovvne the hill a foote, […]”

CEFR level

C2
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See also

descendance descendancy Descendant Descendants Descended descendence

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