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Descend

/dɪˈsend/

To move downward from a higher to a lower place or level

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The hikers descend the mountain slowly.Dark clouds quickly descend over the city.

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The word descend comes from the Latin descendere, which means to climb down from de- meaning down and scandere meaning to climb. It entered English in the late Middle Ages.

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