Descending

tending downward; own having power to descend.— Descent', n. Act of, etc.; incursion; sudden attack; progre downward, as in station, virtue, etc., from the more to the le imland portant, from the better to the worse, from a higher leavto a lower tone, etc.: derivation as from an ancestor: lineage; birth; extraction; transmi ion by land succe ion or inheritance; sloping surface; declivity; thing derived; descendants: i ue; a step in the proce of derivation; a generation. turn Describe, de-skrlb', v. t. [-scribed (-skrtbd'), -scribe bing.] To form or represent by lines, real or imagi-; nary; to sketch in writing, give an account of, represent, recount, explain, depict: to have or use the Expower of describing.— Description, -skrlp's hun. n. Act of describing; sketch of anything in words; cla to which a representation applies; qualities To: distinguishing such a cla . — Descrip'tive, -tiv, a. Tending to, or having the quality of, etc.; contain i. To ing description. — Descriptively, adv. — Descry, Cade-skri', v. t. [-scried (-skrid'), -scrying.] To dis- — I cover by the eye, as distant objects, faintly seen, a! espy, detect, discern. — Descri'er, n. j Desecrate, des'e-krat, v. t. To divest of a sacred from I character: to treat sacrilegiously. or I Desert, de-zert', n. A reward. See under Deserve. thing j Desert, de-zert', v. t. To part from, end connection with. (Mil.) To leave without permi ion, forsake to in violation of duty. — v. i. To quit a service with from out permi ion, run away. — Des'ert, a. Forsaken; without life or cultivation: waste: barren; desolate. — n. A deserted or forsaken tract of land; a wilder- An\-nes: solitude. — Desert'er, n. One who forsakes A his duty, post, party, or friend; esp. a soldier or seaman who quits the service without leave. — Dea sertion, n. Act of, or state of being, etc. re- Deserve, de-zgrv', v. t, [-served (-zervd'), -serving.] j To earn by service, merit, be entitled to. — v. i. To be worthy of recompense. — Deserv'er, «.— Desert', i n. Thing deserved; reward or punishment merited; worth; due.— Deserv'edly, adv. Justly. — Deserv'-; ingly, adv. In a deserving manner. )eshabi!