DESCEND
/dΙͺΛsΙnd/
11
Scrabble
13
WWF
D(2) E(1) S(1) C(3) E(1) N(1) D(2)
NWL/TWL ✓ Collins ✓ WWF ✓
Definition
/dΙͺΛsΙnd/
verb
- To pass from a higher to a lower place; to move downwards; to come or go down in any way, for example by falling, flowing, walking, climbing etc.“The rain descended, and the floods came.”
- To enter mentally; to retire.
- (with on or upon) To make an attack, or incursion, as if from a vantage ground; to come suddenly and with violence.“And on the suitors let thy wrath descend.”
- To come down to a lower, less fortunate, humbler, less virtuous, or worse, state or rank; to lower or abase oneself“he descended from his high estate”
- To pass from the more general or important to the specific or less important matters to be considered.
Source: Wiktionary
Hooks
Back hooks: DESCEND-S
