verb [dɪˈsend/
a) To pass from a higher to a lower place; to move downwards; to come or go down in any way, as by falling, flowing, walking, etc.; to plunge; to fall; to incline downward
The rain descended, and the floods came. Matthew vii. 25.
b) To enter mentally; to retire. [Poetic]
We will here descend to matters of later date. Fuller.
See Also: descent
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