All 5 Uses of
descend
in
Pride and Prejudice
- I had supposed him to be despising his fellow-creatures in general, but did not suspect him of descending to such malicious revenge, such injustice, such inhumanity as this.†
Chpt 16
- They descended the hill, crossed the bridge, and drove to the door; and, while examining the nearer aspect of the house, all her apprehension of meeting its owner returned.†
Chpt 43
- The hill, crowned with wood, which they had descended, receiving increased abruptness from the distance, was a beautiful object.†
Chpt 43 *
- After walking some time in this way, the two ladies in front, the two gentlemen behind, on resuming their places, after descending to the brink of the river for the better inspection of some curious water-plant, there chanced to be a little alteration.†
Chpt 43
- They are descended, on the maternal side, from the same noble line; and, on the father's, from respectable, honourable, and ancient—though untitled—families.
Chpt 56 *descended = come from (genetically)
Definitions:
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(descend as in: descend from royalty) figuratively, to have come down a path from the past; i.e., to originate or come from -- such as in reference to ancestors or evolutionary origins
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(descend as in: descend the mountain) move or slope downward