Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to descend
Participle: descended
Gerund: descending
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | descend |
| you | descend |
| he;she;it | descends |
| we | descend |
| you | descend |
| they | descend |
Perfect
| I | have descended |
| you | have descended |
| he;she;it | has descended |
| we | have descended |
| you | have descended |
| they | have descended |
Past
| I | descended |
| you | descended |
| he;she;it | descended |
| we | descended |
| you | descended |
| they | descended |
Pluperfect
| I | had descended |
| you | had descended |
| he;she;it | had descended |
| we | had descended |
| you | had descended |
| they | had descended |
Future
| I | will descend |
| you | will descend |
| he;she;it | will descend |
| we | will descend |
| you | will descend |
| they | will descend |
Future Perfect
| I | will have descended |
| you | will have descended |
| he;she;it | will have descended |
| we | will have descended |
| you | will have descended |
| they | will have descended |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | descend |
| you | descend |
| he;she;it | descend |
| we | descend |
| you | descend |
| they | descend |
Perfect
| I | have descended |
| you | have descended |
| he;she;it | have descended |
| we | have descended |
| you | have descended |
| they | have descended |
Imperfect
| I | descended |
| you | descended |
| he;she;it | descended |
| we | descended |
| you | descended |
| they | descended |
Pluperfect
| I | had descended |
| you | had descended |
| he;she;it | had descended |
| we | had descended |
| you | had descended |
| they | had descended |
Conditional
Present
| I | would descend |
| you | would descend |
| he;she;it | would descend |
| we | would descend |
| you | would descend |
| they | would descend |
Perfect
| I | would have descended |
| you | would have descended |
| he;she;it | would have descended |
| we | would have descended |
| you | would have descended |
| they | would have descended |
Imperative
| you | descend |
| we | Let's descend |
| you | descend |
Verbs conjugated like 'descend'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'descend'
despend,
ascend,
besend,
bespend,
deblend,
defend,
depend,
desand,
descan,
descant,
Additional Information
Etymology
1. c.1300, from O.Fr.
descendre, from L.
descendere, from
de- "down" +
scandere "to climb," from PIE base
*skand- "jump." Sense of "originate from" is c.1375.
Descent is attested from c.1330;
descendant "offspring" is from 1600.
2. The verb is derived from Middle English descenden (“to move downwards, fall, descend; to slope downwards; to go from a better to a worse condition, decline, degenerate; to be a descendant, derive from (a source); etc.”), from Anglo-Norman descendere, descendre, and Old French descendere, descendre (“to move downwards, fall, descend; to slope downwards; to be a descendant, derive from (a source); etc.”) (modern French descendre), and from their etymon Latin dēscendere, the present active infinitive of dēscendō (“to come or go down, fall, descend; to slope downwards; to be a descendant; etc.”), from de- (prefix meaning ‘from; down from’) + scandō (“to ascend, climb; to clamber”) (from Proto-Indo-European *skend- (“to climb, scale; to dart; to jump”)).
3. The noun is derived from the verb. See: French '
descendre'.
Verbs referencing "descend"
Ido decendar, Ido decensar.
Sample Sentences
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[...] Robins would say, in a style of more than Eastern splendour, and filled (but not inconveniently so ) with groups of ladies and gentlemen, in the very highest state of enjoyment and vivacity. Before descending into the bowels of the ship, we had passed from the deck into a long narrow apartment, not unlike a gigantic hearse with windows in the sides; having at the upper end a melancholy stove, at which [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] and blasting in our ears incessantly for so many days, to watch the look of blank astonishment expressed in every face: beginning with the officers, tracing it through all the passengers, and descending to the very stokers and furnacemen, who emerged from below, one by one, and clustered together in a smoky group about the hatchway of the engine-room, comparing notes in whispers. After throwing up [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] the ice had been lodged and detained in great quantities, and the narrow channel which swept round the bend was full of ice, piled one cake over another, thus forming a temporary barrier to the descending ice, which lodged, and formed a great, undulating raft, filling up the whole river, and extending almost to the Kentucky shore.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] of the gentlemen 's cabin, a matter of some difficulty. It often occupies the whole length of the boat (as it did in this case ), and has three or four tiers of berths on each side. When I first descended into the cabin of the New York, it looked, in my unaccustomed eyes, about as long as the Burlington Arcade.
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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We had left Harrisburg on Friday. On Sunday morning we arrived at the foot of the mountain, which is crossed by railroad. There are ten inclined planes; five ascending, and five descending; the carriages are dragged up the former, and let slowly down the latter, by means of stationary engines; the comparatively level spaces between, being traversed, sometimes by horse, and sometimes [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] nothing but a long, black, ugly roof covered with burnt-out feathery sparks; above which tower two iron chimneys, and a hoarse escape valve, and a glass steerage-house. Then, in order as the eye descends towards the water, are the sides, and doors, and windows of the state-rooms, jumbled as oddly together as though they formed a small street, built by the varying tastes of a dozen men: the whole is [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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“ Religion ! ” said St. Clare, in a tone that made both ladies look at him. “ Religion ! Is what you hear at church, religion ? Is that which can bend and turn, and descend and ascend, to fit every crooked phase of selfish, worldly society, religion ? Is that religion which is less scrupulous, less generous, less just, less considerate for man, than even my own [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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The solemn light of dawn—the angelic glory of the morning-star—had looked in through the rude window of the shed where Tom was lying; and, as if descending on that star-beam, came the solemn words, “ I am the root and offspring of David, and the bright and morning star. ” The mysterious warnings and intimations of Cassy, so far from discouraging his [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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It was whisperingly asserted that footsteps, in the dead of night, had been heard descending the garret stairs, and patrolling the house. In vain the doors of the upper entry had been locked; the ghost either carried a duplicate key in its pocket, or availed itself of a ghost's immemorial [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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♪ To tell me ♪ ♪ Where to take a stand ♪ ♪ Baby, baby As the heavens descend ♪
(Reverse the Curse)