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descend

/dɪˈsɛnd/ · 7 letters · 5 distinct letters

  1. verb

    move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way

    The temperature is going down

  2. verb

    come from; be connected by a relationship of blood, for example

    She was descended from an old Italian noble family

  3. verb

    do something that one considers to be below one's dignity

  4. verb

    come as if by falling

    Night fell

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