descant
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～ sing by changing register; sing by yodeling; "The Austrians were yodeling in the mountains"
descant
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～ a decorative musical accompaniment (often improvised) added above a basic melody
descartes
— Noun
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～ French philosopher and mathematician; developed dualistic theory of mind and matter; introduced the use of coordinates to locate a point in two or three dimensions (1596-1650)
descend
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～ come from; be connected by a relationship of blood, for example; "She was descended from an old Italian noble family"; "he comes from humble origins"
descend
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～ do something that one considers to be below one's dignity
descend
— Verb
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～ move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way; "The temperature is going down"; "The barometer is falling"; "The curtain fell on the diva"; "Her hand went up and then fell again"
descend
— Verb
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～ come as if by falling; "Night fell"; "Silence fell"
descendant
— Adjective
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～ going or coming down
descendant
— Adjective
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～ proceeding by descent from an ancestor; "descendent gene"
descendant
— Noun
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～ a person considered as descended from some ancestor
descendants
— Noun
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～ all of the offspring of a given progenitor; "we must secure the benefits of freedom for ourselves and our posterity"
descendent
— Adjective
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～ proceeding by descent from an ancestor; "descendent gene"
descendent
— Adjective
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～ going or coming down
descendent
— Noun
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～ a person considered as descended from some ancestor
descender
— Noun
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～ (printing) the part of lowercase letters that extends below the other lowercase letters