descend
verb
[ dɪˈsɛnd ]
• move or fall downwards.
• "the aircraft began to descend"
Similar:
go down,
come down,
drop,
fall,
sink,
subside,
dive,
plummet,
plunge,
nosedive,
pitch,
tumble,
slump,
• (of a road, path, or flight of steps) slope or lead downwards.
• "a side road descended into the forest"
• make a sudden attack on.
• "the militia descended on Rye"
• be a blood relative of (a specified ancestor).
• "John Dalrymple was descended from an ancient Ayrshire family"
Similar:
be a descendant of,
originate from,
issue from,
spring from,
have as an ancestor,
derive from,
Origin:
Middle English: from Old French descendre, from Latin descendere, from de- ‘down’ + scandere ‘to climb’.
