descend
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descend Definition
(v)
move
downward
and
lower
,
but
not
necessarily
all
the
way
; "
The
temperature
is
going
down
"; "
The
barometer
is
falling
"; "
The
curtain
fell
on
the
diva
"; "
Her
hand
went
up
and
then
fell
again
"
(v)
come
from
;
be
connected
by
a
relationship
of
blood
,
for
example
; "
She
was
descended
from
an
old
Italian
noble
family
"; "
he
comes
from
humble
origins
"
(v)
do
something
that
one
considers
to
be
below
one
''
s
dignity
(v)
come
as
if
by
falling
; "
Night
fell
"; "
Silence
fell
"
descend Synonyms
come
come down
condescend
deign
derive
descend
fall
go down
settle
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