āĻ āύā§āϏāύā§āϧāĻžāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻ āĻāĻŋāϧāĻžāύā§āϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
to descend
01
āύāĻžāĻŽāĻž
to move toward a lower level
Intransitive
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
As the aircraft prepared for landing, it started to descend toward the runway.
āĻŦāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāύāĻāĻŋ āĻ
āĻŦāϤāϰāĻŖā§āϰ āĻāύā§āϝ āĻĒā§āϰāϏā§āϤā§āϤ āĻšāĻāϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨā§ āϏāĻžāĻĨā§ āĻāĻāĻŋ āϰāĻžāύāĻāϝāĻŧā§āϰ āĻĻāĻŋāĻā§ āύā§āĻŽā§ āϝā§āϤ⧠āĻļā§āϰ⧠āĻāϰā§āĨ¤
02
āύā§āĻŽā§ āĻāϏāĻž, āĻŦāĻāĻļāϧāϰ āĻšāĻāϝāĻŧāĻž
to be related by blood, typically referring to the lineage or family connection
Transitive: to descend from an ancestor
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The genealogist helped the family discover that they descend from a prominent historical figure.
āĻŦāĻāĻļāϞāϤāĻŋāĻāĻž āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āώāĻā§āĻ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāϰāĻā§ āĻāĻŦāĻŋāώā§āĻāĻžāϰ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āϏāĻžāĻšāĻžāϝā§āϝ āĻāϰā§āĻāĻŋāϞā§āύ āϝ⧠āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āĻāĻāĻāύ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļāĻŋāώā§āĻ āĻāϤāĻŋāĻšāĻžāϏāĻŋāĻ āĻŦā§āϝāĻā§āϤāĻŋāϤā§āĻŦ āĻĨā§āĻā§ āĻāĻĻā§āĻā§āϤāĨ¤
03
āύā§āĻŽā§ āĻāϏāĻž, āύāĻŋāĻā§āĻā§ āύāĻŋāĻā§ āύāĻžāĻŽāĻžāύā§
to engage in an action or behavior that one perceives as beneath their personal standards of honor or self-respect
Transitive: to descend to an action
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Even in the face of criticism, the leader chose not to descend to personal attacks
āϏāĻŽāĻžāϞā§āĻāύāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽā§āĻŽā§āĻā§āύ āĻšāϝāĻŧā§āĻ, āύā§āϤāĻž āĻŦā§āϝāĻā§āϤāĻŋāĻāϤ āĻāĻā§āϰāĻŽāĻŖā§ āύā§āĻŽā§ āϝāĻžāĻāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻŦā§āĻā§ āύā§āύāύāĻŋāĨ¤
04
āύā§āĻŽā§ āĻāϏāĻž, āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻž
to arrive or appear unexpectedly, creating a surprise or disconcerting effect
Intransitive
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
As the final notes of the music played, a profound stillness seemed to descend over the audience.
āϏāĻā§āĻā§āϤā§āϰ āĻļā§āώ āύā§āĻ āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻžāύ⧠āĻļā§āώ āĻšāϞā§, āĻĻāϰā§āĻļāĻāĻĻā§āϰ āĻāĻĒāϰ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻā§āϰ āύāĻŋāϏā§āϤāĻŦā§āϧāϤāĻž āύā§āĻŽā§ āĻāϏ⧠āĻŦāϞ⧠āĻŽāύ⧠āĻšāϝāĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāϤā§āϤā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
descendant
descendent
descender
descend
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