scend
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]A corruption of send, influenced by ascend.
Noun
[edit]scend (plural scends)
- 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
[edit]scend (third-person singular simple present scends, present participle scending, simple past and past participle scended)
- (intransitive) To heave upward.