1. Move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way
   "He was descending the stairs";
   - go down, come down
    
2. Come as if by falling
   "Night descended";
   - fall, settle
    
3. Be connected by a relationship of blood, for example
   "She was descended from an old Italian noble family";
   - derive, come
    
4. Do something that one considers to be below one's dignity
   "He wouldn't descend to arguing with internet trolls";
   - condescend, deign

Derived forms: descended, descends, descending

Type of: act, come, go, locomote, move, relate, travel