descend

Found in thesaurus: go, move, travel, locomote, act, come

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descend
v. go down; be handed down (from generation to generation); lower oneself morally

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descend

Verb
1. 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"
(synonym) fall, go down, come down
(antonym) ascend, go up
(hypernym) travel, go, move, locomote
(hyponym) prolapse
(derivation) descent
2. 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"
(synonym) derive, come
(verb-group) hail, come
(derivation) descent, line of descent, lineage, filiation
3. do something that one considers to be below one's dignity
(synonym) condescend, deign
(hypernym) act, move
4. come as if by falling; "Night fell"; "Silence fell"
(synonym) fall, settle
(hypernym) come
(verb-group) fall


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descendre
v. come down, descend, move down; recede, put up, get down; get off; dismount

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descend
v. sestoupit; být potomkem koho

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descend
Czas. obniżać się; schodzić; pochodzić od kogoś