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descend

/dɪˈsɛnd/

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To pass from a higher to a lower place; to move downwards; to come or go down in any way, for example by falling, flowing, walking, climbing etc.

Examples :

"The rain descended, and the floods came."

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To enter mentally; to retire.

Examples :

"After a long day at work, he descended into a comfortable armchair and relaxed. "

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(with on or upon) To make an attack, or incursion, as if from a vantage ground; to come suddenly and with violence.

Examples :

"And on the suitors let thy wrath descend."

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To come down to a lower, less fortunate, humbler, less virtuous, or worse, state or rank; to lower or abase oneself

Examples :

"he descended from his high estate"

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To pass from the more general or important to the specific or less important matters to be considered.

Examples :

"The professor descended from a discussion of the history of art to specific examples of Renaissance paintings. "

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To come down, as from a source, original, or stock

Examples :

"The family descended from a long line of farmers. "

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To be derived (from)

Examples :

"My love for baking clearly descends from my grandmother. "

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To proceed by generation or by transmission; to happen by inheritance.

Examples :

"A crown descends to the heir."

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To move toward the south, or to the southward.

Examples :

"The migrating birds descended south for the winter. "

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To fall in pitch; to pass from a higher to a lower tone.

Examples :

"The teacher's voice descended as she explained the complicated math problem. "

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To go down upon or along; to pass from a higher to a lower part of

Examples :

"they descended the river in boats; to descend a ladder"

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