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descend verb

  /di-/ , /dəˈsɛnd/ , /dɪˈsɛnd/
  • (intransitive) To physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position; to come or go down in any way, such as by climbing, falling, flowing, walking, etc.; to move downwards; to fall, to sink.
 afdalen, neerdalen
  • (reflexive) To come down to a humbler or less fortunate, or a worse or less virtuous, rank or state; to abase or lower oneself; to condescend or stoop to something.
  • (intransitive, often, passive voice) Chiefly followed by from or (obsolete) of: to come down or derive from an ancestor or ancestral stock, or a source; to originate, to stem.
 afstammen

descendant noun

  /dɪˈsendənt/ , /dɪˈsɛndənt/
  • One of the progeny of a specified person, at any distance of time or through any number of generations.
 afstammeling, nakomeling, nazaat, telg
  • (biology) A later evolutionary type.
 afstammeling
  • (figuratively) A thing that derives directly from a given precursor or source.
 afstammeling, nakomeling

descending

afklimmen

descender noun

  /dɪˈsɛndə(ɹ)/
  • (typography) The part of a letter or number that is drawn below the baseline (the bottom of most lowercase letters).
  • (typography, uncommon) A letter that has such a portion, such as g, j, or in some fonts Q.
 staart

descending adjective

  /dɪˈsɛn.dɪŋ/
afstammeling
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