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1
to lead or extend downward
- the pathway descends to the river bank
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2
to become worse or of less value
- the order of the classroom descended into chaos when the teacher left the room
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- atrophy,
- crumble,
- decay,
- decline,
- degenerate,
- deteriorate,
- devolve,
- ebb,
- regress,
- retrograde,
- rot,
- sink,
- worsen
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- go to pot,
- go to seed
- (or run to seed)
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3
to go to a lower level especially abruptly
- leaves slowly descended from the branches in the gentle autumn wind
- wait for the elevator to descend
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4
to come down from something (as a vehicle)
- the driver descended from the truck's cab, dreading to see what he had hit
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“Descend.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/descend. Accessed 15 Aug. 2022.
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The first known use of descend was in the 14th century
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