| slovo | definícia |
descended
(mass) | descended
- potomok |
descended
(encz) | descended,potomek n: Zdeněk Brož |
Descended
(gcide) | Descend \De*scend"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Descended; p. pr. &
vb. n. Descending.] [F. descendre, L. descendere,
descensum; de- + scandere to climb. See Scan.]
1. To pass from a higher to a lower place; to move downwards;
to come or go down in any way, as by falling, flowing,
walking, etc.; to plunge; to fall; to incline downward; --
the opposite of ascend.
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The rain descended, and the floods came. --Matt.
vii. 25.
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We will here descend to matters of later date.
--Fuller.
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2. To enter mentally; to retire. [Poetic]
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[He] with holiest meditations fed,
Into himself descended. --Milton.
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3. To make an attack, or incursion, as if from a vantage
ground; to come suddenly and with violence; -- with on or
upon.
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And on the suitors let thy wrath descend. --Pope.
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4. To come down to a lower, less fortunate, humbler, less
virtuous, or worse, state or station; to lower or abase
one's self; as, he descended from his high estate.
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5. To pass from the more general or important to the
particular or less important matters to be considered.
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6. To come down, as from a source, original, or stock; to be
derived; to proceed by generation or by transmission; to
fall or pass by inheritance; as, the beggar may descend
from a prince; a crown descends to the heir.
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7. (Anat.) To move toward the south, or to the southward.
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8. (Mus.) To fall in pitch; to pass from a higher to a lower
tone.
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| | podobné slovo | definícia |
descended
(mass) | descended
- potomok |
descended
(encz) | descended,potomek n: Zdeněk Brož |
undescended
(encz) | undescended, adj: |
undescended testicle
(encz) | undescended testicle, n: |
undescended testis
(encz) | undescended testis, n: |
Condescended
(gcide) | Condescend \Con`de*scend"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Condescended;
p. pr. & vb. n. Condescending.] [F. condescendre, LL.
condescendere, fr. L. con- + descendere. See Descend.]
1. 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.
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Can they think me so broken, so debased
With corporal servitude, that my mind ever
Will condescend to such absurd commands? --Milton.
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Spain's mighty monarch,
In gracious clemency, does condescend,
On these conditions, to become your friend.
--Dryden.
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Note: Often used ironically, implying an assumption of
superiority.
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Those who thought they were honoring me by
condescending to address a few words to me. --F.
W. Robinson.
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2. To consent. [Obs.]
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All parties willingly condescended heruento. --R.
Carew.
Syn: To yield; stoop; descend; deign; vouchsafe.
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undescended
(wn) | undescended
adj 1: (of the testis) remaining in the abdomen instead of
descending into the scrotum |
undescended testicle
(wn) | undescended testicle
n 1: a testis that fails to move into the scrotum as the male
fetus develops; "undescended testicles have an increased
risk for cancer" [syn: undescended testis, {undescended
testicle}] |
undescended testis
(wn) | undescended testis
n 1: a testis that fails to move into the scrotum as the male
fetus develops; "undescended testicles have an increased
risk for cancer" [syn: undescended testis, {undescended
testicle}] |
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