Word Meanings - DESCENT - Book Publishers vocabulary database
Transmission of an estate by inheritance, usually, but not necessarily, in the descending line; title to inherit an estate by reason of consanguinity. Abbott. 6. Inclination downward; a descending way; inclined or sloping surface; declivity; slope;
Additional info about word: DESCENT
Transmission of an estate by inheritance, usually, but not necessarily, in the descending line; title to inherit an estate by reason of consanguinity. Abbott. 6. Inclination downward; a descending way; inclined or sloping surface; declivity; slope; as, a steep descent. 7. That which is descended; descendants; issue. If care of our descent perplex us most, Which must be born to certain woe. Milton. 8. A step or remove downward in any scale of gradation; a degree in the scale of genealogy; a generation. No man living is a thousand descents removed from Adam himself. Hooker. 9. Lowest place; extreme downward place. And from the extremest upward of thy head, To the descent and dust below thy foot. Shak. (more info) 1. The act of descending, or passing downward; change of place from higher to lower. 2. Incursion; sudden attack; especially, hostile invasion from sea; - - often followed by upon or on; as, to make a descent upon the enemy. The United Provinces . . . ordered public prayer to God, when they feared that the French and English fleets would make a descent upon their coasts. Jortin. 3. Progress downward, as in station, virtue, as in station, virtue, and the like, from a higher to a lower state, from a higher to a lower state, from the more to the less important, from the better to the worse, etc. 2. Derivation, as from an ancestor; procedure by generation; lineage; birth; extraction. Dryden.
Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of DESCENT)
- Declivity
- Descent
- fall
- slope
- incline
- devexity
- Derivation
- Origin
- source
- descent
- beginning
- cause
- etymology
- root
- spring
- analysis
- Lineage
- house
- family
- race
- ancestry
- progeny
- breed
- descendants
Possible antonyms: (opposite words of DESCENT)
- Trend
- diverge
- ascend
- deter
- rise
- indispose
- disincline
- Settle
- alight
- land
- drop
- arrive
- issue
- eventuate
- end
- terminate
- debouch
- disembogue
Related words: (words related to DESCENT)
- BREATHE
Etym: 1. To respire; to inhale and exhale air; hence;, to live. "I am in health, I breathe." Shak. Breathes there a man with soul so dead Sir W. Scott. 2. To take breath; to rest from action. Well! breathe awhile, and then to it again! Shak. 3. - BREVIARY
summary, abridgment, neut. noun fr. breviarius abridged, fr. brevis 1. An abridgment; a compend; an epitome; a brief account or summary. A book entitled the abridgment or breviary of those roots that are to be cut up or gathered. Holland. 2. A - CAUSEFUL
Having a cause. - ANCESTRY
1. Condition as to ancestors; ancestral lineage; hence, birth or honorable descent. Title and ancestry render a good man more illustrious, but an ill one more contemptible. Addison. 2. A series of ancestors or progenitors; lineage, or those who - BREAKMAN
See BRAKEMAN - SPREADINGLY
, adv. Increasingly. The best times were spreadingly infected. Milton. - ASCENDANCY; ASCENDANCE
See ASCENDENCY - SPRINGBOARD
An elastic board, secured at the ends, or at one end, often by elastic supports, used in performing feats of agility or in exercising. - SPRINGE
A noose fastened to an elastic body, and drawn close with a sudden spring, whereby it catches a bird or other animal; a gin; a snare. As a woodcock to mine own springe. Shak. - SPRINGAL
An ancient military engine for casting stones and arrows by means of a spring. - BREAKABLE
Capable of being broken. - BREADEN
Made of bread. - BREECHCLOTH
A cloth worn around the breech. - SPRINT
To run very rapidly; to run at full speed. A runner should be able to sprint the whole way. Encyc. Brit. (more info) Etym: - SPRIGHTLY
Sprightlike, or spiritlike; lively; brisk; animated; vigorous; airy; gay; as, a sprightly youth; a sprightly air; a sprightly dance. "Sprightly wit and love inspires." Dryden. The sprightly Sylvia trips along the green. Pope. - CAUSEWAYED; CAUSEYED
Having a raised way ; paved. Sir W. Scott. C. Bronté. - BREADBASKET
The stomach. S. Foote. - BREWER
One who brews; one whose occupation is to prepare malt liquors. - SPRINKLING
1. The act of one who, or that which, sprinkles. Baptism may well enough be performed by sprinkling or effusion of water. Ayliffe. 2. A small quantity falling in distinct drops or particles; as, a sprinkling of rain or snow. 3. Hence, a moderate - BREAD
To spread. Ray. - DISPROPORTIONALLY
In a disproportional manner; unsuitably in form, quantity, or value; unequally. - UNDERBRED
Not thoroughly bred; ill-bred; as, an underbred fellow. Goldsmith. - MAKE AND BREAK
Any apparatus for making and breaking an electric circuit; a circuit breaker. - CHICKEN-BREASTED
Having a narrow, projecting chest, caused by forward curvature of the vertebral column. - LIBRETTO
A book containing the words of an opera or extended piece of music. The words themselves. - PACKHOUSE
Warehouse for storing goods. - LAWBREAKER
One who disobeys the law; a criminal. -- Law"break`ing, n. & a. - WAREHOUSE
A storehouse for wares, or goods. Addison. - POSTHOUSE
1. A house established for the convenience of the post, where relays of horses can be obtained. 2. A house for distributing the malls; a post office. - HENHOUSE
A house or shelter for fowls. - DISPROPORTIONABLE
Disproportional; unsuitable in form, size, quantity, or adaptation; disproportionate; inadequate. -- Dis`pro*por"tion*a*ble*ness, n. Hammond. -- Dis`pro*por"tion*a*bly, adv. - DISPROPORTIONALITY
The state of being disproportional. Dr. H. More.