In its simplest sense, descend means to go or move downward, but there are a couple of subtle variations on this theme. Yes, a bird can descend from the sky, but also, humans are descended from prehistoric ancestors.
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.
Verb
come as if by falling; "Night fell"; "Silence fell"
Verb
move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way; "The temperature is going down"; "The barometer is falling"; "The curtain fell on the diva"; "Her hand went up and then fell again"
Verb
do something that one considers to be below one''s dignity
Verb
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"
v. i.
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.
v. i.
To enter mentally; to retire.
v. i.
To make an attack, or incursion, as if from a vantage
ground; to come suddenly and with violence; -- with on or upon.
v. i.
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.
v. i.
To pass from the more general or important to the
particular or less important matters to be considered.
v. i.
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.
v. i.
To move toward the south, or to the southward.
v. i.
To fall in pitch; to pass from a higher to a lower
tone.
v. t.
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.
Descend
The rain descended, and the floods came.
We will here descend to matters of later date.2.
[He] with holiest meditations fed, Into himself descended.3.
And on the suitors let thy wrath descend.4.
Descend
But never tears his cheek descended.
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.
To go down upon or along; to pass from a higher to a lower part of;
Usage Examples
Fear not, we are of the nature of the lion, and cannot descend to the destruction of mice and such small beasts.
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