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descended
[ dih-sen-did ]
adjective
- having a specified ancestry or ethnic origin:
She was the only daughter of a wealthy baron and his royally descended wife.
- having gone from a higher place or position to a lower one:
The cooled and descended air then travels along the earth’s surface toward the equator to replace air rising from the equatorial zone.
He was hailed as some descended godhead on earth—an avatar.
- inherited or transmitted, as through succeeding generations of a family:
Early mammals generally possessed claws, and all existing cat species carry that descended trait.
- derived from something in the remote past, especially through continuous transmission:
Traditional religions tend to focus on descended practice and ritual rather than on doctrine taught by a religious institution.
verb
- the simple past tense and past participle of descend.
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- ³Ü²Ô·»å±ð·²õ³¦±ð²Ô»å·±ð»å adjective
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of descended1
Example Sentences
As the two players squared up to one another, members of both teams got involved and the exchange quickly descended into a melee which spilled into the spectator seats at courtside.
In the leadup to the policy change, migrants descended on the border by the thousands.
The territory, which declared independence in 1991 as Somalia descended into civil war, says the facilities are not Mogadishu's to give away.
Israeli military and police detained Ballal on Monday evening after a group of settlers descended on the Palestinian village of Susiya as its residents broke their daylong Ramadan fast, according to the Associated Press.
Dozens of pro-choice protesters descended on the Beverly Hills City Council last week demanding city leaders abandon the pursuit of money spent fighting in court against the DuPont Clinic.
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