DESCENDED Definition & Meaning

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descended

[ dih-sen-did ]

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having a specified ancestry or ethnic origin:
She was the only daughter of a wealthy baron and his royally descended wife.
having gone from a higher place or position to a lower one:
The cooled and descended air then travels along the earth’s surface toward the equator to replace air rising from the equatorial zone.
He was hailed as some descended godhead on earth—an avatar.
inherited or transmitted, as through succeeding generations of a family:
Early mammals generally possessed claws, and all existing cat species carry that descended trait.
derived from something in the remote past, especially through continuous transmission:
Traditional religions tend to focus on descended practice and ritual rather than on doctrine taught by a religious institution.

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First recorded in 1560–70; descend ( def ) + -ed ²( def ) for the adjective senses; descend ( def ) + -ed ¹( def ) for the verb sense

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A rescuer descended from the helicopter — communicating directions with the pilot as he moved along the cliffside — and bear-hugged the woman.

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Last month, hundreds of thousands of people descended on Serbia's capital.

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Those demonstrations descended into violence, with hooded protesters seen throwing rocks and petrol bombs at police.

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The protesters vowed they would not leave until administrators met their demands to divest from Israel, but law enforcement quickly descended.

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Donkeys or wild burros are descended from domesticated donkeys left behind by gold miners more than a century ago.

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