All 4 Uses of
descend
in
Dubliners
- THE grey warm evening of August had descended upon the city and a mild warm air, a memory of summer, circulated in the streets.
Chpt 6 (definition 1) *descended = come
- The tirade continued: it was so bitter and violent that the man could hardly restrain his fist from descending upon the head of the manikin before him: "I know nothing about any other two letters," he said stupidly.†
Chpt 9 (definition 2)
- She moved her hand about here and there in the air and descended on one of the saucers.
Chpt 10 (definition 2) *descended = moved downward
- A dull, yellow light brooded over the houses and the river; and the sky seemed to be descending.†
Chpt 15 (definition 2)
Definitions:
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(1) (descend as in: thieves descended upon us) to come or arrive -- especially suddenly or from above or as an attack
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(2) (descend as in: descend the mountain) move or slope downward