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descend

/dɪ'sɛnd/

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

come down fall go down

Opposite:

ascend

type of:
locomote travel move go
verb
come from; be connected by a relationship of blood, for example
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"She was descended from an old Italian noble family"

Similar:

come derive
verb
come as if by falling
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fall settle

type of:
come
verb
do something that one considers to be below one's dignity
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condescend deign

type of:
move act

Examples of descend

"She was descended from an old Italian noble family"