descend+upon
11descend — [dē send′, disend′] vi. [ME descenden < OFr descendre < L descendere, to climb down, fall < de , down + scandere, to climb < ? IE base * skend , * skand , to leap > Gr skandalon (> SCANDAL), Sans Skandati, (he) leaps] 1. to move …
12descend — de|scend [dıˈsend] v [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: descendre, from Latin scandere to climb ] 1.) [I and T] formal to move from a higher level to a lower one ≠ ↑ascend ▪ Our plane started to descend. ▪ I heard his footsteps descending… …
13descend — [[t]dɪse̱nd[/t]] descends, descending, descended 1) VERB If you descend or if you descend a staircase, you move downwards from a higher to a lower level. [FORMAL] [V prep] Things are cooler and more damp as we descend to the cellar... [V n] She… …
14descend — v. 1) (d; intr.) to descend from ( to come down from ) (do you know from whom you are descended?) 2) (d; intr.) ( to swoop down ) to descend on, upon (the guerrillas descended on the village) 3) (d; intr.) ( to stoop ) to descend to (to descend… …
15descend — de•scend [[t]dɪˈsɛnd[/t]] v. i. 1) to go or pass from a higher to a lower place; move or come down: to descend from the mountaintop[/ex] 2) to pass from higher to lower in any scale or series 3) to go from generals to particulars, as in a… …
16descend — verb 1 (I, T) formal to move from a higher level to a lower one: The plane started to descend. (+ from): He descended slowly from the railway carriage. | descend sth: Mrs Danvers descended the stairs. opposite ascend 2 (I) literary if darkness,… …
17descend — /dəˈsɛnd / (say duh send) verb (i) 1. to move or pass from a higher to a lower place; go or come down; fall; sink. 2. to pass from higher to lower in any scale. 3. to go from generals to particulars. 4. to slope or tend downward. 5. to come down… …
18descend — Synonyms and related words: advance, alight, ascend, assault, attack, back, back up, bank, be shamed, budge, cant, careen, cascade, cataract, change, change hands, change ownership, change place, circle, climb, climb down, collapse, come down,… …
19descend — verb 1) the plane started descending Syn: go down, come down; drop, fall, sink, dive, plummet, plunge, nosedive Ant: ascend, climb 2) she descended the stairs …
20descend on — (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To approach] Syn. close in, converge upon, advance upon; see approach 2 , visit 4 . 2. [To attack] Syn. beset, invade, raid, pounce on; see attack 1 …
