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Meaning of descend

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  descend
      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}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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