Descend - Definition

v 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" [syn: descend, fall, go down,
come down] [ant: arise, ascend, come up, go up,
lift, move up, rise, uprise]
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" [syn: derive,
come, descend]
3: do something that one considers to be below one's dignity
[syn: condescend, deign, descend]
4: come as if by falling; "Night fell"; "Silence fell" [syn:
fall, descend, settle]