descend

US /dɪˈsend/

UK /dɪˈsend/

1.

move or fall downwards

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The aircraft began to descend.

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The path descends steeply to the lake.

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drop fall go down

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ascend rise

2.

be a direct descendant of (a specified ancestor)

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He claims to descend from a royal family.

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Many modern languages descend from Latin.

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derive from originate from spring from

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descending descendant descend to descending colon