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===Etymology===

===Etymology===

From [[w:French language|French]] [[descendre]], [[w:Latin|Latin]] [[descendere]], [[descensum]]; [[de-]] + [[scandere]] (meaning ''to climb''). See [[scan]].

From French descendre, Latin descendere, descensum; de- + scandere (meaning ''to climb'').  

===Intransitive verb===

===Intransitive verb===

# To pass from a higher to a lower place; to move downwards; to come or go down in any way, as by falling, flowing, walking, etc.; to plunge; to fall; to [[incline]] downward

# To pass from a higher to a lower place; to move downwards; to come or go down in any way, as by falling, flowing, walking, etc.; to plunge; to fall; to [[incline]] downward

#:''The rain descended, and the floods came.'' [[Matthew]] vii. 25.

#:''The rain descended, and the floods came.'' [[Matthew]] vii. 25.

#:''We will here descend to matters of later date.'' [[Fuller]].

#:''We will here descend to matters of later date.'' Fuller.

# To enter mentally; to retire. [Poetic]

# To enter mentally; to retire. [Poetic]

#:''[He] with holiest meditations fed, Into himself descended.'' [[Milton]].

#:''[He] with holiest meditations fed, Into himself descended.'' Milton.

# To make an attack, or incursion, as if from a vantage ground; to come suddenly and with violence; -- with [[on]] or [[upon]].

# To make an attack, or incursion, as if from a vantage ground; to come suddenly and with violence; -- with [[on]] or [[upon]].

#:''And on the suitors let thy wrath descend.'' [[Pope]].

#:''And on the suitors let thy wrath descend.'' Pope.

# To come down to a lower, less fortunate, humbler, less virtuous, or worse, state or station; to lower or abase one's self; as, he descended from his high estate.

# To come down to a lower, less fortunate, humbler, less virtuous, or worse, state or station; to lower or abase one's self; as, he descended from his high estate.

# To pass from the more general or important to the particular or less important matters to be considered.

# To pass from the more general or important to the particular or less important matters to be considered.

# 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.

# 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.

#:''But never tears his cheek descended.'' Byron.

#:''But never tears his cheek descended.'' Byron.

===Antonyms===

===Antonyms===

*[[ascend]]

*[[ascending]]

from Webster

from Webster

10. In [[music]], to fall in sound; to pass from any note to another less acute or shrill, or from sharp to flat.

10. In [[music]], to fall in sound; to pass from any note to another less acute or shrill, or from sharp to flat.

DESCEND, v.t. To walk, move or pass downwards on a declivity; as, to descend a hill; to descend an inclined plain. [But this may be considered as elliptical; on or along being understood.][http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/descend]

DESCEND, v.t. To walk, move or pass downwards on a declivity; as, to descend a hill; to descend an inclined plain. [But this may be considered as elliptical; on or along being understood.][https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/descend]

Descending Sons of God have high and [[divine]] origins. They are dedicated to the descending ministry of service on the worlds and systems of [[time]] and [[space]], there to facilitate the progress in the [[Paradise]] climb of the lowly creatures of evolutionary origin--the ascending sons of God. Of the numerous orders of descending Sons, seven will be depicted in these narratives. Those Sons who come forth from the Deities on the central Isle of Light and Life are called the Paradise Sons of God and embrace the following three orders:

Descending Sons of God have high and [[divine]] origins. They are dedicated to the descending ministry of service on the worlds and systems of [[time]] and [[space]], there to facilitate the progress in the [[Paradise]] climb of the lowly creatures of evolutionary origin--the ascending sons of God. Of the numerous orders of descending Sons, seven will be depicted in these narratives. Those Sons who come forth from the Deities on the central Isle of Light and Life are called the Paradise Sons of God and embrace the following three orders:

The Paradise Creator Sons serve not only as Sons in their descending ministrations of service and bestowal, but when they have completed their bestowal careers, each functions as a universe Father in his own creation, while the other Sons of God continue the service of bestowal and spiritual uplifting designed to win the planets, one by one, to the willing recognition of the loving rule of the Universal Father, culminating in creature consecration to the will of the Paradise Father and in planetary loyalty to the universe sovereignty of his Creator Son.

The Paradise Creator Sons serve not only as Sons in their descending ministrations of service and bestowal, but when they have completed their bestowal careers, each functions as a universe Father in his own creation, while the other Sons of God continue the service of bestowal and spiritual uplifting designed to win the planets, one by one, to the willing recognition of the loving rule of the Universal Father, culminating in creature consecration to the will of the Paradise Father and in planetary loyalty to the universe sovereignty of his Creator Son.

In a sevenfold Creator Son, Creator and creature are forever blended in understanding, sympathetic, and merciful association. The entire order of Michael, the Creator Sons, is so unique that the consideration of their natures and activities will be reserved to the next paper in this series, while this narrative will be chiefly concerned with the two remaining orders of Paradise sonship: the [[Magisterial Son]]s and the [[Trinity Teacher Sons]].[http://mercy.urantia.org/papers/paper20.html#1.%20THE%20DESCENDING%20SONS%20OF%20GOD]

In a sevenfold Creator Son, Creator and creature are forever blended in understanding, sympathetic, and merciful association. The entire order of Michael, the Creator Sons, is so unique that the consideration of their natures and activities will be reserved to the next paper in this series, while this narrative will be chiefly concerned with the two remaining orders of Paradise sonship: the [[Magisterial Son]]s and the [[Trinity Teacher Sons]].[https://mercy.urantia.org/papers/paper20.html#1.%20THE%20DESCENDING%20SONS%20OF%20GOD]

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