Descend – Go down; Come nearer to the ground

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It also means:

• to be connected by blood to an ancestor
• to be inherited from parents or ancestors
• to become established or more evident

Pronounced as D + Send (emphasized) {Listen to it here}

It comes from Latin root Scandere which means to climb. De + Scandere = Descend (to climb down).

Scandere is also the root of Ascend which is the Antonym of Descend.

Situational Uses / Sentences:

• Our family descends from French royalty.
• An atmosphere of gloom descended on the assembled crowd.
• The Lady of the West descended from the sky to teach the Emperor Wu the secret of immortality.

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