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scend

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–verb (used without object) (of a vessel)

1.	to heave in a swell.

2.	to lurch forward from the motion of a heavy sea.

–noun

3.	the heaving motion of a vessel.

4.	the forward impulse imparted by the motion of a sea against a vessel.

Also, send.

[Origin: 1615–25; cf. send²; perh. aph. var. of ascend, descend

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scend also send Audio Help   (sěnd) Pronunciation Key
intr.v.   scend·ed also send·ed, scend·ing also send·ing, scends also sends
To heave upward on a wave or swell.

n.   The rising movement of a ship on a wave or swell.

[Probably alteration (influenced by descend or ascend) of send¹.]

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