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descends
verb
(de-scend)
move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way
Synonyms:
come down,
fall
, go down,
Antonyms:
ascend
,
descends
verb
(de-scend)
come from; be connected by a relationship of blood, for example
Synonyms:
come
,
derive
,
Examples:
She was descended from an old Italian noble family.
descends
verb
(de-scend)
come as if by falling
Synonyms:
fall
,
settle
,
descends
verb
(de-scend)
do something that one considers to be below one's dignity
Synonyms:
condescend
,
deign
,
Words Related to
descends
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fall
,
stoop
,
come
,
condescend
,
deign
,
derive
,
come down
,
go down
,
goes
,
falls
,
comes
,
drops
,
shoots
,
cascades
,
lowers
,
lowered
,
decreases
,
ascends
,
erupts
,
lurches
,
devolves
,
careens
,
engulfs
,
disappears
,
thunders
,
creeps
,
plunges
,
vanishes
,
glides
,
slinks
,
veers
,
wanders
,
transforms
,
totters
,
explodes
,
degenerates
,
alights
,
envelops
,
enters
,
disintegrates
,
ambles
,
trundles
,
converges
,
whisks
,
reaches
,
staggers
,
emerges
,
saunters
,
flees
,
invades
,
intrudes
,
meanders
,
teeters
,
ensues
,
unfolds
,
tumbles
,
pierces
,
whirls
,
settles
,
convulses
,
implodes
,
crawls
,
disgorges
,
reappears
,
swaggers
,
plops
,
soars
,
succumbs
,
beckons
,
drags
,
wades
,
crumbles
,
sashays
,
plummets
,
reenters
,
darkens
,
dissolves
,
transmutes
,
arrives
,
pours
,
skulks
,
gathers
,
sneaks
,
melts
,
decimates
,
turns
,
submerges
,
enfolds
,
traverses
,
sloshes
,
rages
,
rouses
,
abandons
,
segues
,
grows
,
gazes
,
dissipates
,
nestles
,
recedes
,
scurries
,
descends
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