This week’s theme
Nouns that are also verbs

This week’s words
pinion
deacon
infame
scend
swan

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A.Word.A.Day

PRONUNCIATION:

(send)

MEANING:

verb intr.: To rise or lift by, or as if by, a wave.
noun: The rising movement of a wave or a ship on a wave.

ETYMOLOGY:

Perhaps an alteration of send, influenced by ascend or descend. Earliest documented use: for verb: 1625; for noun: 1726.

USAGE:

“But the riches that scended over the waves of the Dark Ocean arrived on the Dark Continent with an unintended gift.”
Rachel Kushner; The Strange Case of Rachel K; New Directions; 2015.

See more usage examples of scend in Vocabulary.com’s dictionary.

A THOUGHT FOR TODAY: