descend
verb (used without object)
to go or pass from a higher to a lower place; move or come down.
redescend
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a word derived from
descend.
Example Sentences
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He gathered them in his hand, and prepared to redescend the perilous stairs.
From Vain Fortune by George (George Augustus) Moore
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
Il remonte le Nil jusqu'à Babylone, redescend à Damiette, et, traversant le désert sur des chameaux, il se rend par Gaza en Terre Sainte.
From The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 10 Asia, Part III by Richard Hakluyt
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 M. F. (Milburg Francisco) Mansfield
One reminded of those mists that rise into a cool stratum of air soon to redescend in flakes of snow....
From Bluebell A Novel by Mrs. George Croft Huddleston
