descend

Definitions

1. 1intransitive 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.

2. 2intransitive verb

   To enter mentally; to retire.

3. 3intransitive verb

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

4. 4intransitive 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.

5. 5intransitive verb

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

6. 6intransitive 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.

7. 7intransitive verb

   To move toward the south, or to the southward.

8. 8intransitive verb

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

9. 9transitive 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.

10. 10verb

    come as if by falling

    "Night fell"

    "Silence fell"

    Synonyms

    fallsettle
11. 11verb

    move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way

    "The temperature is going down"

    "The barometer is falling"

    Synonyms

    fall
12. 12verb

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

    Synonyms

    condescenddeign
13. 13verb

    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"

    Synonyms

    comederive