<p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li><p>(used without object)</p><ul><li>to go or pass from a higher to a lower place; move or come down</li><li>to pass from higher to lower in any scale or series</li><li>to go from generals to particulars, as in a discussion</li><li>to slope, tend, or lead downward</li><li>to be inherited or transmitted, as through succeeding generations of a family</li><li>to have a specific person or family among one's ancestors (usually followed by from)</li><li>to be derived from something remote in time, especially through continuous transmission</li><li>to approach or pounce upon, especially in a greedy or hasty manner (followed by on or upon)</li><li>to settle, as a cloud or vapor</li><li>to appear or become manifest, as a supernatural being, state of mind, etc.</li><li>to attack, especially with violence and suddenness (usually followed by on or upon)</li><li>to sink or come down from a certain intellectual, moral, or social standard</li><li>Astronomy: to move toward the horizon, as the sun or a star</li></ul></li><li><p>(used with object)</p><ul><li>to move downward upon or along; go or climb down (stairs, a hill, etc.)</li><li>to extend or lead down along: The path descends the hill</li></ul></li></ul><p><strong>End of Response</strong></p>