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How to sign: to come to earth from the heavens
"Christians believe that Jesus is God, descended from Heaven", "In Hinduism, an avatar is a god (usually Vishnu), descended to earth";
How to sign: move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way
"The temperature is going down"; "The barometer is falling"; "The curtain fell on the diva"; "Her hand went up and then fell again";
See also: collapse, fall in, cave in, give way, founder, give, break
Similiar / Same: go down, come down, fall
Categories: go, locomote, move, travel
Within this category: alight, avalanche, cascade, crash, decline, dive, drip, drop, flop, pitch, plop, pounce, precipitate, prolapse, rappel, set, sink, sink, tumble, unhorse
How to sign: to pass on by inheritance
"his lands descended to his eldest son";
How to sign: do something that one considers to be below one's dignity
Similiar / Same: deign, condescend
