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descensionn. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French descension; Latin dēscēnsiōn-, dēscēnsiō. Etymology: < (i) Middle French descension, descencion (in astronomy) setting, or descent below the horizon, of a celestial object (mid-14th cent.), and its etymon (ii) classical Latin dēscēnsiōn-, dēscēnsiō action of going down, descent, in post-classical Latin also (in astronomy) setting, or descent below the horizon, of a celestial object (5th cent.), humility (6th cent.), lineage (a1476 in a British source) < dēscēns- , past participial stem of dēscendere descend v. + -iō -ion suffix1. Compare earlier descent n.With the β. forms, compare dis- prefix and β. forms at descend v. In Middle and early modern English, this word can be difficult to distinguish from dissension n. (compare forms at that entry). Sense 3b may alternatively show an extended sense of dissension n. 1. Astrology and (esp. formerly) Astronomy. the world > the universe > heavenly body > as influence on mankind > [noun] > influence > planet as > situation of > weak influence c1386 (1812) 2 On þe 7 syne fro þe exaltacion of euerilk a planyte, in like degre es made his descensyon. c1400 ( G. Chaucer (Cambr. Dd.3.53) (1872) ii. §4. 19 That he [sc. the lord of the ascendant] be nat in his desencioun [read descencioun], ne ioigned with no planete in his discencioun. c1425 J. Lydgate (Augustus A.iv) iv. l. 3371 (MED) Til Phebus chare, in his discencioun, Oute of þe Crabbe toward þe Lyoun Holdeth his course..whan he is retrogradient. 1676 W. Lilly 7 The 2d. Is when she is in the degrees of her Descensions, that is in the 3d. degree of Scorpio, or in any part of Scorpio or Capricorn. 1997 S. Carboni 41/1 This time it is Jawzahr's descension..that is depicted in Sagittarius. the world > the universe > heavenly body > movement of heavenly bodies > [noun] > set a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus (BL Add. 27944) (1975) I. ix. viii. 527 Wintir biginþeþ [read biginneþ] when þe sonne is in..Capricornus and is ende of dissencioun and þe lowynge of þe sonne in þe mydday. 1556 R. Record 209 In the Righte Sphere..the descensions or settinges vnder the Horizont are equall with the Ascensions. 1594 T. Blundeville iii. i. xxix. f. 161v I will proceede to the ascention and descention of the starres both right, meane, and oblique. 1715 tr. D. Gregory I. ii. §6. 225 There will be no rising or setting at all by the diurnal motion, and therefore no Ascension or Descension in this Sphere. 1823 J. Landseer 183 At Babylon and Byblos—owing to the greater degree of obliquity of the descension of the stars—the departure of the constellation occupies a few days more. 1890 J. Story (new ed.) ii. 200 Add 180 degrees to the Oblique Ascension of the opposite Houses, and the Sum is the Descension required. 2013 G. Bezza in B. Dooley ii. 69 It was now only necessary to know the oblique ascension or descension of the planet in the position of its circle. the world > matter > chemistry > chemical reactions or processes > [noun] > chemical reactions or processes (named) > distillation > descent distillation a1393 J. Gower (Fairf.) iv. l. 2515 Forth with the congelacion, Solucion, descencion. a1475 (1889) 4 Bi continuelle ascenciouns & discenciouns, þe quinta essencia is departid fro þe corruptible composicioun of þe .4. elementis. 1559 P. Morwyng tr. C. Gesner Pref. The oyl Capnistum..that is destilled by descention. 1617 J. Woodall Termes 341 Descension is when the essentiall iuyce dissolued from the matter to be distilled, is subducted and doth descend. 1894 A. E. Waite 61 A green and a white oil, distilled from crude vitriol by descension. 2013 C. A. Plaisance tr. Geber in A. Cheak ix. 337 For there is one mode of Sublimation, and another of Descension. 3. gen.the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > [noun] c1425 J. Lydgate (Augustus A.iv) iii. l. 5692 (MED) Þe moisture by descencioun To hand and foot..Þoruȝ bon and Ioynt gan his vertu shede. c1475 (Trin. Cambr.) (1927) l. 2058 (MED) Of all these notes taught she [sc. Dame Musica]..Theyr variaunce and theyr ascensioun, Theyr ordre eke and theyre discensioun. 1526 W. Bonde iii. sig. YYYiv The blessed descension of his soule to Limbo. 1549 M. Coverdale et al. tr. Erasmus II. Ephes. iv. f. viiiv The descencion is before, and the ascencion after. 1600 W. Shakespeare ii. ii. 165 From a god to a bul, a heauy descension, it was Ioues case. View more context for this quotation 1616 R. Carpenter 54 The descension of the holy Ghost vpon the Apostles. 1652 E. Peyton 32 This Bishop maintained Christs personal descention into hell. 1653 R. Austen 92 As a Tree increaseth by ascension of sap, so it would decrease by its descension. 1742 E. Elwall 13 This was near thirty Years after the Ascension of Jesus Christ, and the Descension of, the real or supposed, holy Ghost on the Apostles. 1798 4 Aug. 1/4 (advt.) His descension will be by a Parachute of extraordinary magnitude. 1805 M. Lewis Jrnl. 4 June in (1987) IV. 254 He descends obliquely occasionally pausing and accomnying his decension with a note something like twit twit twit. 1895 H. M. Alden iv. iii. 312 The growth [of the kingdom of heaven] is an ascension, and that which ministers to it a descension. 1916 6th Ser. 32 529 The motion being an ascension in the middle of a cell and a descension at the common boundary between a cell and its neighbours. 1990 Feb. 13/2 I heartily recommend that your cat be neutered due to his monorchidism (the descension of only one testicle). the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Piciformes > [noun] > family Picidae > genus Picus (woodpecker) > flock of ?1477 in (Caxton) A discencion of wodewalis. the mind > emotion > humility > humiliation > [noun] > fact of being humiliated the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > kindness > [noun] > graciousness > condescension ?c1425 (c1412) T. Hoccleve (Royal 17 D.vi) (1860) 2 In povere estate she pight hir pavyloun..For she knewe no lower descencioun, Save onely dethe. 1609 T. Middleton 10 Whatsoeuer is dishonourable, hath a base descention, and sincks beneath Hell. 1642 E. Dering 108 Wherefore is this descension from a Parliament to a People? 1702 R. L'Estrange tr. Josephus Jewish Antiq. viii. iii, in 233 To Treat them with Courtesy and Descension. 1791 T. Craig ii. 39 For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for our sakes he became poor... And all his other descensions are for the good of his people. 1878 Jan. 133 The etiquette of English diplomacy and the peerage may not countenance a ‘descension’ from the state of a Viceroy to the part of a mere envoy. 1907 A. B. Thomas iv. 102 The ascension of youth in contrast to the descension of age. 2009 (Nexis) 23 Feb. 16 John's plans are muddied by his younger brother, who begins a rapid descension into the dangerous inner sanctum of organised crime. society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > lineage or descent > [noun] 1447 O. Bokenham (Arun.) (1938) l. 1533 (MED) For more cler vndurstondynge Of þis genealogyal descencyon. 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart I. lxiv. 86 (heading) The duke dyed without heyre, wherby the dyscencion fell. 1581 J. Hamilton f. 35v Christis auin apostlis hauing lineall discension..vnto our dayis. 1721 G. Jacob i. 104 The Civil Law..allows lineal Ascension as well as lineal Descension in some Cases. Compounds 1854 57 60 Phosphate Formation.—The minerals mentioned when treating of the descension theory belong to this formation, but we cannot assume that they were formed at any particular period. 1912 33 145/1 The war over the theories of the old Sandberger school and Van Hise's descension theory, both of which are hardly whispered to-day. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). <  n.c1386 |
