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Definitions of descend:

  • verb:   move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way
  • verb:   come as if by falling
  • verb:   do something that one considers to be below one's dignity
  • verb:   come from; be connected by a relationship of blood, for example
    Example: "She was descended from an old Italian noble family"


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