Greek Meaning of descend

κατέρχομαι

Other Greek words related to κατέρχομαι

Definitions and Meaning of descend in English

Wordnet

descend (v)

move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way

come from; be connected by a relationship of blood, for example

do something that one considers to be below one's dignity

come as if by falling

Webster

descend (v. i.)

To pass from a higher to a lower place; to move downwards; to come or go down in any way, as by falling, flowing, walking, etc.; to plunge; to fall; to incline downward; -- the opposite of ascend.

To enter mentally; to retire.

To make an attack, or incursion, as if from a vantage ground; to come suddenly and with violence; -- with on or upon.

To come down to a lower, less fortunate, humbler, less virtuous, or worse, state or station; to lower or abase one's self; as, he descended from his high estate.

To pass from the more general or important to the particular or less important matters to be considered.

To come down, as from a source, original, or stock; to be derived; to proceed by generation or by transmission; to fall or pass by inheritance; as, the beggar may descend from a prince; a crown descends to the heir.

To move toward the south, or to the southward.

To fall in pitch; to pass from a higher to a lower tone.

Webster

descend (v. t.)

To go down upon or along; to pass from a higher to a lower part of; as, they descended the river in boats; to descend a ladder.

FAQs About the word descend

κατέρχομαι

move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way, come from; be connected by a relationship of blood, for example, do something that one considers to be

σταγόνα,πτώση,βουτιά,νιπτήρας,κλίση,πτώση,βουτάω,κλίση,άπαχο,κλίνω

προκύπτω,Αναβαίνω,αναρριχώμαι,τοποθετώ,ανέβαινω,ακόμα,ισοπεδώνω,αεροπλάνο,ευθυγραμμίζω (efθiɡraˈmizɔ),εξέγερση

descartes => Ντεκάρτ, descanting => ντεσκάτ, descanter => καράφα, descanted => αποβράσματα, descant on => Απανταχού,