All 3 Uses of
descend
in
Romeo and Juliet
- Farewell, farewell! one kiss, and I'll descend.
Scene 3.5 *descend = climb down
- Romeo: [Descends.]
Scene 3.5descends = climbs downward
- Why I descend into this bed of death Is partly to behold my lady's face, But chiefly to take thence from her dead finger A precious ring,—a ring that I must use In dear employment: therefore hence, be gone:— But if thou, jealous, dost return to pry In what I further shall intend to do, By heaven, I will tear thee joint by joint, And strew this hungry churchyard with thy limbs: The time and my intents are savage-wild; More fierce and more inexorable far Than empty tigers or the roaring…
Scene 5.3descend = going down
Definition:
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(descend as in: descend the mountain) move or slope downward