Meaning Of Descent

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The act of descending, or passing downward; change of place from higher to lower.

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Incursion; sudden attack; especially, hostile invasion from sea; -- often followed by upon or on; as, to make a descent upon the enemy.

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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.

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Derivation, as from an ancestor; procedure by generation; lineage; birth; extraction.

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Transmission of an estate by inheritance, usually, but not necessarily, in the descending line; title to inherit an estate by reason of consanguinity.

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Inclination downward; a descending way; inclined or sloping surface; declivity; slope; as, a steep descent.

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That which is descended; descendants; issue.

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A step or remove downward in any scale of gradation; a degree in the scale of genealogy; a generation.

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Lowest place; extreme downward place.

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A passing from a higher to a lower tone.