ALL meanings of descended
de·scend
D d - adjective descended A person who is descended from someone who lived a long time ago is directly related to them. 3
- adjective descended An animal that is descended from another sort of animal has developed from the original sort. 3
- adjective descended connected by a blood relationship (to a dead or extinct individual, race, species, etc) 3
- noun descended Simple past tense and past participle of descend. 1
- verb without object descended to go or pass from a higher to a lower place; move or come down: to descend from the mountaintop. 1
- verb without object descended to pass from higher to lower in any scale or series. 1
- verb without object descended to go from generals to particulars, as in a discussion. 1
- verb without object descended to slope, tend, or lead downward: The path descends to the pond. 1
- verb without object descended to be inherited or transmitted, as through succeeding generations of a family: The title descends through eldest sons. 1
- verb without object descended to have a specific person or family among one's ancestors (usually followed by from): He is descended from Cromwell. 1
- verb without object descended to be derived from something remote in time, especially through continuous transmission: This festival descends from a druidic rite. 1
- verb without object descended to approach or pounce upon, especially in a greedy or hasty manner (followed by on or upon): Thrill-seekers descended upon the scene of the crime. 1
- verb without object descended to settle, as a cloud or vapor. 1
- verb without object descended to appear or become manifest, as a supernatural being, state of mind, etc.: Jupiter descended to humankind. 1
- verb without object descended to attack, especially with violence and suddenness (usually followed by on or upon): to descend upon enemy soldiers. 1
- verb without object descended to sink or come down from a certain intellectual, moral, or social standard: He would never descend to baseness. 1
- verb without object descended Astronomy. to move toward the horizon, as the sun or a star. 1
- verb with object descended to move downward upon or along; go or climb down (stairs, a hill, etc.). 1
- verb with object descended to extend or lead down along: The path descends the hill. 1