[{"Bold_text": "verb (used without object)", "List Items": ["to go or pass from a higher to a lower place; move or come down:to descend from the mountaintop.", "to pass from higher to lower in any scale or series.", "to go from generals to particulars, as in a discussion.", "to slope, tend, or lead downward:The path descends to the pond.", "to be inherited or transmitted, as through succeeding generations of a family:The title descends through eldest sons.", "to have a specific person or family among one's ancestors (usually followed byfrom):He is descended from Cromwell.", "to be derived from something remote in time, especially through continuous transmission:This festival descends from a druidic rite.", "to approach or pounce upon, especially in a greedy or hasty manner (followed byonorupon):Thrill-seekers descended upon the scene of the crime.", "to settle, as a cloud or vapor.", "to appear or become manifest, as a supernatural being, state of mind, etc.:Jupiter descended to humankind.", "to attack, especially with violence and suddenness (usually followed byonorupon):to descend upon enemy soldiers.", "to sink or come down from a certain intellectual, moral, or social standard:He would never descend to baseness.", "Astronomy.to move toward the horizon, as the sun or a star."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used with object)", "List Items": ["to move downward upon or along; go or climb down (stairs, a hill, etc.).", "to extend or lead down along:The path descends the hill."]}]