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descend

Verbs

• (v) 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
  come down, go down, fall,
• (v) 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
  derive, come,
• (v) do something that one considers to be below one's dignity deign, condescend,
• (v) come as if by falling
  • Night fell
  • Silence fell
  settle, fall,

Synonyms

come down go down fall derive come deign condescend settle

Antonyms

ascend go up rise move up lift arise come up uprise

See also

cave in collapse fall in give way founder give break

Words of close approximity