Webdescend: [verb] to pass from a higher place or level to a lower one.

Webdescend verb (POSITION) She descended the sweeping staircase into the crowd of photographers and journalists. A signpost points to a short path descending amongst …

Webde·scend 1. To move from a higher to lower part of; go down: I descended the staircase into the basement. 2. To extend or proceed downward along: a road that descended the mountain in sharp curves.

WebDescend definition, to go or pass from a higher to a lower place; move or come down: to descend from the mountaintop. See more.

Webdescend from Recent evidence supports the theory that birds descended from dinosaurs. The plants descend from a common ancestor. The tradition descends from [= comes from] an ancient custom. They claim to be descended from a noble British family.

Webdescent: [noun] derivation from an ancestor : birth, lineage. transmission or devolution of an estate (see 1estate 4b) by inheritance usually in the descending line. the fact or process of originating from an ancestral stock. the shaping or development in nature and character by transmission from a source : derivation.

WebDescent definition, the act, process, or fact of moving from a higher to a lower position. See more.

Webdescend verb (POSITION) She descended the sweeping staircase into the crowd of photographers and journalists. A signpost points to a short path descending amongst …

WebA downward incline or passage; a slope: watched the stones roll down the descent. 3. Hereditary derivation; lineage: a person of African descent. 4. The fact or process of being derived or developing from a source: a paper tracing the descent of the novel from old picaresque tales. 5.

Webformal. 1. [count] : the act or process of descending: such as. a : the act or process of going from a higher to a lower place or level — usually singular. The climbers were faced with a dangerous descent in bad weather. the submarine's descent. After only an hour of flight, the pilot announced our descent. — opposite ascent.