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verb (v)

• move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way(verb.motion)

  Synonym:
  come down, fall, go down
  Antonym:
  ascend, go up
  

  source: wordnet30
• come from; be connected by a relationship of blood, for example(verb.stative)

  Example:
  She was descended from an old Italian noble family.
  

  Synonym:
  come, derive
  

  source: wordnet30
• do something that one considers to be below one's dignity(verb.social)

  Synonym:
  condescend, deign
  

  source: wordnet30
• come as if by falling(verb.change)

  Synonym:
  fall, settle
  

  source: wordnet30
• 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)

  source: webster1913
• 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.(verb)

  source: webster1913