Definition of "descend" []

• To move from a higher to a lower place; come or go down. (verb-intransitive)
• To slope, extend, or incline downward: "A rough path descended like a steep stair into the plain” ( J.R.R. Tolkien). (verb-intransitive)
• To come from an ancestor or ancestry: He was descended from a pioneer family. (verb-intransitive)
• To come down from a source; derive: a tradition descending from colonial days. (verb-intransitive)
• To pass by inheritance: The house has descended through four generations. (verb-intransitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "On this descend is a little lover's seat that gives an illusion of suspension in pictures taken there."
• "It's hard to imagine that this mom-and-pop operation forced Owen Hart to wear a ridiculous costume and descend from the rafters at a pay-per-view -- a stunt which resulted in Owen falling to his death in front of tens of thousands of horrified fans."
• "I might not even wait to mock you: Sitting around and hoping for a Verizon iPhone to descend from the skies, year after year, starts to resemble cargo-cult behavior."