scend

English

Etymology

A corruption of send, influenced by ascend.

Noun

scend (plural scends)

  1. The rising motion of water as a wave passes; a surge; the upward angular displacement of a vessel, opposed to pitch, the correlative downward movement.

Verb

scend (third-person singular simple present scends, present participle scending, simple past and past participle scended)

  1. (intransitive) To heave upward.
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