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descend

v.

To move lower
come down, go down, slide, settle, drop, stoop, gravitate, slip, dismount, fall, topple, plunge, dive, plummet, sink, dip, pass downward, pitch, slope, decline, alight, light, disembark, detrain, deplane, tumble, move downward, come down on, slump, trip, stumble, flutter down, submerge, penetrate, step down, climb down, get down, swoop down, step off, climb off, get off, swoop, precipitate, plump*, plop (down)*; see also dive, drop 1, fall.
Antonyms climb*, ascend, mount.
To descend figuratively
decline, deteriorate, degenerate; see decrease 1.
To lower oneself
stoop, sink, humble oneself; see condescend.

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Another word for descend

verb

To move downward in response to gravity:
drop, fall. See rise
To slope downward:
decline, dip, drop, fall, pitch, sink. See rise
To have hereditary derivation:
derive, issue, spring. Idiom: trace one's descent. See kin
To bring oneself down to a lower level of behavior:
lower², sink, stoop. See rise
To become lower in quality, character, or condition:
atrophy, decline, degenerate, deteriorate, retrograde, sink, worsen. Idioms: go bad, go to pot, go to seed , go to the dogs. See better