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scend
[
send
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scend
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sɛnd
/
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Nautical
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.
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Also,
send.
Origin:
1615–25;
compare
send
2
;
perhaps aphetic variant of
ascend
,
descend
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Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2012.
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scend
or
nautical
send
(sɛnd)
—
vb
,
scends
,
scending
,
scended
,
sends
,
sending
,
sent
1.
(of a vessel) to surge upwards in a heavy sea
—
n
2.
the upward heaving of a vessel pitching
3.
the forward lift given a vessel by the sea
[C17: perhaps from
descend
or
ascend
]
send
or
nautical
send
—
vb
—
n
[C17: perhaps from
descend
or
ascend
]
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
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