Meaning

verb move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way

verb come from; be connected by a relationship of blood, for example

verb do something that one considers to be below one's dignity

originThe verb is derived from Middle English descenden (“to move downwards, fall, descend; to slope downwards; to go from a better to a worse condition, decline, degenerate; to be a descendant, derive from (a source); etc.”), from Anglo-Norman descendere, descendre, and Old French descendere, descendre (“to move downwards, fall, descend; to slope downwards; to be a descendant, derive from (a source);…

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