To pass from a higher to a lower place; to move downwards; to come or go down in any way, as by falling, flowing, walking, etc.; to plunge; to fall; to incline downward; -- the opposite of ascend.

To make an attack, or incursion, as if from a vantage ground; to come suddenly and with violence; -- with on or upon.

To come down to a lower, less fortunate, humbler, less virtuous, or worse, state or station; to lower or abase one's self; as, he descended from his high estate.

Increasing your effort and speed through a series of repetitions. For example 4 x 50, descend 1-4 means to swim each of the 50's faster than the previous.

"Descend" is a song by Feeder featured on their debut EP Swim and debut album Polythene. It is played often in concert and can last a longer time. A video of the song from the 1997 Reading Festival is on CD2 of the High singles.

To move toward the south, or to the southward.

Descend is a program for creating real-time, interactive 3D scenes and graphs. It allows to create scenes using a fast and powerful programing language, called Misc, and to manage and control the behavior of the scenes using a flexible user interface.

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

To enter mentally; to retire.

To pass from the more general or important to the particular or less important matters to be considered.