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scend

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scend also send  (snd) Nautical
intr.v. scend·ed also send·ed, scend·ing also send·ing, scends also sends
To heave upward on a wave or swell.
n.
The rising movement of a ship on a wave or swell.
[Probably alteration (influenced by descend, and or ascend) of send1.]
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Verb1.scend - rise or heave upward under the influence of a natural force such as a wave; "the boats surged"
surge
go up, rise, move up, lift, arise, come up, uprise - move upward; "The fog lifted"; "The smoke arose from the forest fire"; "The mist uprose from the meadows"
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He was cruel enough to in- flict the severest punishment, artful enough to de- scend to the lowest trickery, and obdurate enough to be insensible to the voice of a reproving conscience.
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass An American Slave by Douglass, Frederick View in context
I picked out a man humble enough in life to conde- scend to talk with one so shabby as I, and got his ac- count of the matter.
A Connecticut Yankee by Twain, Mark View in context
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