[dɪˈsɛnd], (Verb)

Definitions:
- move or fall downwards
(e.g: the aircraft began to descend)

- (of a road, path, or flight of steps) slope or lead downwards
(e.g: a side road descended into the forest)

- make a sudden attack on
(e.g: the militia descended on Rye)

- be a blood relative of (a specified ancestor)
(e.g: John Dalrymple was descended from an ancient Ayrshire family)


Phrases:

Origin:
Middle English: from Old French descendre, from Latin descendere, from de- ‘down’ + scandere ‘to climb’