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descend

verb as in move down, lower

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verb as in condescend

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verb as in trace ancestry from; be passed or handed down

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A rescuer descended from the helicopter — communicating directions with the pilot as he moved along the cliffside — and bear-hugged the woman.

Last month, hundreds of thousands of people descended on Serbia's capital.

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Those demonstrations descended into violence, with hooded protesters seen throwing rocks and petrol bombs at police.

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The protesters vowed they would not leave until administrators met their demands to divest from Israel, but law enforcement quickly descended.

Donkeys or wild burros are descended from domesticated donkeys left behind by gold miners more than a century ago.

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