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lking, etc.; to plunge; to fall; to incline downward; -- the opposite of ascend. The rain descended, and the floods came. Matt. vii. 25. We will here descend to matters of later date. Fuller.

Descendent.

Descending; falling; proceeding from an ancestor or source. More than mortal grace Speaks thee descendent of ethereal race. Pope.

One who descends.

The quality of being descendible; capability of being transmitted from ancestors; as, the descendibility of an estate.

Admitting descent; capable of being descended.

Of or pertaining to descent; moving downwards. Descending constellations or signs (Astron.), those through which the planets descent toward the south. -- Descending node (Astron.), that point in a planet's orbit where it intersects the ecliptic in passing southward. -- Descending series (Math.), a series in which eac…

In a descending manner.

To stoop or descend; to let one's self down; to submit; to waive the privilege of rank or dignity; to accommodate one's self to an inferior. "Condescend to men of low estate." Rom. xii. 16. Can they think me so broken, so debased With corporal servitude, that my mind ever Will condescend to such absurd commands Milton.…

Condescension. [Obs.]

In a condescending manner. Atterbury.

To descend again. Howell.

e, as also the small letter (a), besides the forms in Italic, black letter, etc., are all descended from the old Latin A, which was borrowed from the Greek Alpha, of the same form; and this was made from the first letter (Aleph, and itself from the Egyptian origin. The Aleph was a consonant letter, with a guttural brea…

he present royal family to the crown of England, and expressly abjuring allegiance to the descendants of the Pretender. Brande & C.

the earth, as the side of a hill, considered as ascending, in opposition to declivity, or descending; an upward slope; ascent.

a light ladder hung over the side of a ship at the gangway, useful in ascending from, or descending to, small boats.

A descendant of Adam; a human being.

To spring down, get down, or descend, as from on horseback or from a carriage; to dismount.

e of America; -- originally applied to the aboriginal inhabitants, but now applied to the descendants of Europeans born in America, and especially to the citizens of the United States. The name American must always exalt the pride of patriotism. Washington.

One from whom a person is descended, whether on the father's or mother's side, at any distance of time; a progenitor; a fore father.