01 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;…
imp. & p. p.
Descended; p. pr. & vb. n.
Descending
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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.“The rain descended, and the floods came.” — Matt. vii. 25.“We will here descend to matters of later date.” — Fuller.
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To enter mentally; to retire.[Poetic]“[He] with holiest meditations fed, Into himself descended.” — Milton.
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To make an attack, or incursion, as if from a vantage ground; to come suddenly and with violence; -- with on or upon.“And on the suitors let thy wrath descend.” — Pope.
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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.
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To pass from the more general or important to the particular or less important matters to be considered.
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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.
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To move toward the south, or to the southward.(Anat.)
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To fall in pitch; to pass from a higher to a lower tone.(Mus.)