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descend::verb | Spocien Dictionary

descend

/dɪ'sɛnd/

move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way

Type	Words
Synonyms	come down, fall, go down
Type of	locomote, travel, move, go
Has types	drip, drop, flop, get down, get off, go down, go under, light, pitch, plop, plunge, plunk, pounce, precipitate, prolapse, rappel, roll down, rope down, set, settle, sink, slump, subside, swoop, topple, tumble, abseil, unhorse, alight, avalanche, cascade, cascade down, climb down, correct, crash, decline, dismount, dive
Derivation	descendant, descendent, descent

descend

/dɪ'sɛnd/

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

Type	Words
Synonyms	come, derive
Verb group	hail, come, derive
Derivation	descendant, descendent, descent

She was descended from an old Italian noble family.

descend

/dɪ'sɛnd/

come as if by falling

descend

/dɪ'sɛnd/

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

Type	Words
Synonyms	condescend, deign
Type of	move, act