descend to

phrasal verb

descended to; descending to; descends to

1

formal : to become owned by (someone) when the former owner has died : to become an inheritance to

The estate descended to her from her grandparents.

2

: to lower oneself by doing (something)

She was desperate for money, but she would not descend to asking her friends for help.

Examples of descend to in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

During the parachute tests, its mock-up descended to the ground at Sweden's Esrange Space Center in Kiruna from the altitude of 18.6 miles (30 kilometers) after having been dropped from a high-altitude balloon. —Tereza Pultarova, Space.com, 22 July 2025

Above the little red roof of the shed and the round elder tree, all around the jagged holly, above the slope descending to and from the lake, above the water and the mountain. —Literary Hub, 22 July 2025

Once settled, descend to VanOost Restaurant, cocooned in the former anatomy hall, anchored by an open kitchen helmed by rising-star chef Floris van Straalen. —Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 18 July 2025

The music ground to a halt, and the car slowly, oh-so-slowly, descended to the stage. —Ana Gutierrez, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025

Rhymes for descend to

• amadou
• avenue
• ballyhoo
• baraboo
• barbecue
• barbeque
• bugaboo
• cabildo
• caribou
• cockatoo
• detinue
• devalue