descend upon
1descend upon — index devolve, oppugn Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
2descend upon — Synonyms and related words: alight upon, ambush, assail, assault, attack, blitz, bushwhack, come at, come down on, crack down on, descend on, drop on, fall on, fall upon, gang up on, go at, go for, harry, have at, hit, hit like lightning, hit… …
3descend upon — fall upon, come down on, land on …
4descend upon somebody — desˈcend on/upon sb/sth derived to visit sb/sth in large numbers, sometimes unexpectedly • Hundreds of football fans descended on the city. Main entry: ↑descendderived …
5descend upon something — desˈcend on/upon sb/sth derived to visit sb/sth in large numbers, sometimes unexpectedly • Hundreds of football fans descended on the city. Main entry: ↑descendderived …
6descend — descendingly, adv. /di send /, v.i. 1. to go or pass from a higher to a lower place; move or come down: to descend from the mountaintop. 2. to pass from higher to lower in any scale or series. 3. to go from generals to particulars, as in a… …
7descend — 01. We [descended] the staircase to the wine cellar. 02. H. L. Mencken once remarked that it is even harder for the average ape to believe that he has [descended] from man. 03. A feeling of tension [descended] on the party after the argument. 04 …
8Descend — De*scend , v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Descended}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Descending}.] [F. descendre, L. descendere, descensum; de + scandere to climb. See {Scan}.] 1. To pass from a higher to a lower place; to move downwards; to come or go down in any way,… …
9Descend — De*scend , v. t. To go down upon or along; to pass from a higher to a lower part of; as, they descended the river in boats; to descend a ladder. [1913 Webster] But never tears his cheek descended. Byron. [1913 Webster] …
10descend — de·scend /di send/ vi: to pass by inheritance de·scen·di·bil·i·ty / ˌsen də bi lə tē/ n de·scend·ible / sen də bəl/ adj Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …
