Details of word DESCENT
Definition of descent
n. - The act of descending, or passing downward; change of place from higher to lower.
n. - Incursion; sudden attack; especially, hostile invasion from sea; -- often followed by upon or on; as, to make a descent upon the enemy.
n. - 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.
n. - Derivation, as from an ancestor; procedure by generation; lineage; birth; extraction.
n. - Transmission of an estate by inheritance, usually, but not necessarily, in the descending line; title to inherit an estate by reason of consanguinity.
n. - Inclination downward; a descending way; inclined or sloping surface; declivity; slope; as, a steep descent.
n. - That which is descended; descendants; issue.
n. - A step or remove downward in any scale of gradation; a degree in the scale of genealogy; a generation.
n. - Lowest place; extreme downward place.
n. - A passing from a higher to a lower tone.
n. - Incursion; sudden attack; especially, hostile invasion from sea; -- often followed by upon or on; as, to make a descent upon the enemy.
n. - 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.
n. - Derivation, as from an ancestor; procedure by generation; lineage; birth; extraction.
n. - Transmission of an estate by inheritance, usually, but not necessarily, in the descending line; title to inherit an estate by reason of consanguinity.
n. - Inclination downward; a descending way; inclined or sloping surface; declivity; slope; as, a steep descent.
n. - That which is descended; descendants; issue.
n. - A step or remove downward in any scale of gradation; a degree in the scale of genealogy; a generation.
n. - Lowest place; extreme downward place.
n. - A passing from a higher to a lower tone.
Word "descent" contains 7 letters : C D E E N S T
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