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verbmove downward and lower, but not necessarily all the wayOpposite:
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"She was descended from an old Italian noble family"verbcome from; be connected by a relationship of blood, for example
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verbcome as if by fallingtype of:
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verbdo something that one considers to be below one's dignity
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Definition that contains descend
- fall descend in free fall under the influence of gravity
- sink descend into or as if into some soft substance or place
- collateral descended from a common ancestor but through different lines
- stoop descend swiftly, as if on prey
- indirect descended from a common ancestor but through different lines
- subside descend into or as if into some soft substance or place
- rappel descend by means of a rappel
- abseil descend by means of a rappel
- rope down descend by means of a rappel
- crash-dive descend steeply and rapidly