descend Definition

descend
verb descended, descending

tr & intr
1. To go or move down from a higher to a lower place or position.

Thesaurus: slide, dive, drop, slip, topple, plunge, sink, slump, pitch, tumble.
intr
2. To lead or slope downwards.
intr
3. To invade or attack them or it.

Form: descend on someone or something (often)
Form: descend upon someone or something
intr
4. Said of titles, property, etc: to pass by inheritance from one generation to another.

Idiom: be descended from someone

To have them as an ancestor.

Idiom: would not descend to something (would not descend to doing something)

Would not demean oneself by resorting to (unworthy or immoral behaviour).

Etymology: 13c: from French descendre.