descend

Verb

• come as if by falling
  • Night fell
    
  • Silence fell
    

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

• come from; be connected by a relationship of blood, for example
  • She was descended from an old Italian noble family
    
  • he comes from humble origins
    

• 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
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  fall , settle , condescend , deign , derive , come , go down , come down
• Antonyms: 
  rise , lift , arise , move up , go up , come up , uprise , ascend