† devergencen.
Obsolete. rare. Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.
Downward slope, declivity.
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the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > slope > [noun] > downward
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descencec1425
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stoop1611
declivitya1613
devergence1727
downslope1855
1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Devergence, a devexity or declivity, by which any thing tends or declines downward.
1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. Devergence, declivity, declination. (Dict.)
1847 J. Craig New Universal Dict. Devergence, Devergency, declivity; declination. Obs.
1864 Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Devergence, Devergency, the same as Divergence.]
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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