intransitive verb. To move from a higher to a lower place; come or go down.

intransitive verb. To slope, extend, or incline downward.

intransitive verb. undefined

intransitive verb. To be related by genetic descent from an individual or individuals in a previous generation.

intransitive verb. To come down from a source; derive.

intransitive verb. To pass by inheritance.

intransitive verb. To lower oneself; stoop.

intransitive verb. To proceed or progress downward, as in rank, pitch, or scale.

intransitive verb. To arrive or attack in a sudden or overwhelming manner.

intransitive verb. To move from a higher to lower part of; go down.

intransitive verb. To extend or proceed downward along.

idiom. (be descended from) To be related to (an ancestor) by genetic descent from an individual or individuals in a previous generation.

In physical, to pass from higher to lower readings or values upon any scale: said specifically of the musical scale and of the thermometric scale.

To move or pass from a higher to a lower place; move, come, or go downward; fall; sink: as, he descended from the tower; the sun is descending.

To come or go down in a hostile manner; invade, as an enemy; fall violently: with on.

To proceed from a source or original; be derived lineally or by transmission; come or pass downward, as offspring in the line of generation, or as property from owner to heir.

To pass, as from general to particular statements: as, having explained the general subject, we will descend to particulars.

To come down from a certain moral or social standard; lower or abase one's self morally or socially: as, to descend to acts of meanness; to descend to an inferior position; hence, to condescend; stoop.

In astronomy, to move to the southward, or toward the south, as a star.

To move or pass downward upon or along; come or go down upon; pass from the top to the bottom of: as, to descend a hill; to descend an inclined plane.

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

intransitive verb. To pass from a higher to a lower place; to move downwards; to come or go down in any way, as by falling, flowing, walking, etc.; to plunge; to fall; to incline downward; -- the opposite of ascend.

intransitive verb. To enter mentally; to retire.

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

intransitive verb. To come down to a lower, less fortunate, humbler, less virtuous, or worse, state or station; to lower or abase one's self.

intransitive verb. To pass from the more general or important to the particular or less important matters to be considered.

intransitive verb. To come down, as from a source, original, or stock; to be derived; to proceed by generation or by transmission; to fall or pass by inheritance

intransitive verb. To move toward the south, or to the southward.

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

verb. To pass from a higher to a lower place; to move downwards; to come or go down in any way, as by falling, flowing, walking, etc.; to plunge; to fall; to incline downward

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

verb. To come down to a lower, less fortunate, humbler, less virtuous, or worse, state or station; to lower or abase one's self; as, he descended from his high estate.

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

verb. To come down, as from a source, original, or stock; to be derived; to proceed by generation or by transmission; to fall or pass by inheritance; as, the beggar may descend from a prince; a crown descends to the heir.

verb. To move toward the south, or to the southward.

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

verb. To go down upon or along; to pass from a higher to a lower part of; as, they descended the river in boats; to descend a ladder.

verb. come from; be connected by a relationship of blood, for example

verb. come as if by falling

verb. move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way

verb. do something that one considers to be below one's dignity

"On this descend is a little lover's seat that gives an illusion of suspension in pictures taken there."

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condescend  derive  

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