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So the flowers were placed in vases, duly watered, and the young ladies went up once more to their room, under orders to quickly redescend.

From A Double Knot by Fenn, George Manville

This secret is the Royalty of the Sages, the Crown of the Initiate whom we see redescend victorious from the summit of Trials, in the fine allegory of Cebes.

From Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry by Pike, Albert

The four grand, overflowing channels of the cataract tumble, rise and redescend in an eternal tempest of rage.

From The Cathedrals and Churches of the Rhine by Mansfield, M. F. (Milburg Francisco)

Next day we rise 2000 feet higher, and redescend 6500 feet to the banks of the Kischanganga, the chief affluent of the Jhelam, running mostly parallel to the course of the latter stream.

From Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, September, 1878 by Various

A few dozen being collected, were packed in the sailor's handkerchief, and as the time when the tide would be full was approaching, Pencroft and Herbert began to redescend towards the watercourse.

From The Mysterious Island by Verne, Jules