scend
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.