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— English words —

• descend v. (Intransitive) To pass from a higher to a lower place; to move downwards; to come or go down in any…
• descend v. (Intransitive, poetic) To enter mentally; to retire.
• descend v. (Intransitive, with on or upon) To make an attack, or incursion, as if from a vantage ground; to come…
• descend v. (Intransitive) To come down to a lower, less fortunate, humbler, less virtuous, or worse, state or rank;…
• descend v. (Intransitive) To pass from the more general or important to the specific or less important matters to be considered.
• descend v. (Intransitive) To come down, as from a source, original, or stock.
• descend v. To be derived (from).
• descend v. To proceed by generation or by transmission; to happen by inheritance.
• descend v. (Intransitive, astronomy) To move toward the south, or to the southward.
• descend v. (Intransitive, music) To fall in pitch; to pass from a higher to a lower tone.
• descend v. (Transitive) To go down upon or along; to pass from a higher to a lower part of.

— English word, defined in German —

• descend V. Absteigen, absinken, abfallen.

— English words, defined in French —

• descend v. (Intransitif) Descendre, s’abaisser.
• descend v. (Transitif) Descendre.

— In French —

• descend v. Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de descendre.

65 English words from 11 English definitions

along any as␣if astronomy attack come come␣down come␣down␣to considered derived down down␣to downwards enter fall fall␣in fortunate from general generation go␣down ground happen higher humbler important incursion inheritance Intransitive less lower make matters mentally more move music original part pass pitch place poetic proceed rank retire source south southward specific state stock the to␣come To␣go tone to␣the toward Transitive transmission upon vantage virtuous with worse

12 foreign words from 4 foreign definitions

abaisser abfallen Absteigen descendre indicatif Intransitif personne présent singulier Transitif Troisième Troisième␣personne

37 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

descends descended descender descendin descendant descendent descenders descendest descendeth descendeur descending descendable descendance descendancy descendants descendence descendency descendents descendeurs descendible descendings descending␣s descend␣upon descendences descendental descendingly descendancies descendostomy descendantless descendibility descending␣node descendentalism descendentalist descending␣colon descending␣nodes descendentalists descending␣colons

28 times in the middle (New words found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

redescends condescends redescended undescended condescended condescender maldescended redescending condescenders condescendest condescendeth condescending nondescendant afrodescendant Afrodescendant condescendence condescendency condescend␣upon nondescendants afrodescendants Afrodescendants condescendences condescendingly uncondescending condescendencies direct␣descendant condescendingness uncondescendingly

2 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

redescend condescend

19 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

Cen CEN cen- des dEs Des DEs DES des- end End -end end- Esc ESC -esce SCE sce. scend

8 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

CSE DNE ECS NEC n.e.c. NECs sed SED

One anagram (New word found by changing the order of the letters.)

scended

4 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

ascended descends desynced seconded

4 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

censed scened sended Senedd

2 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

descent despend

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