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