0 past simple and past participle of descend
1 to go or come down:
2 If a negative or bad feeling descends, it is felt everywhere in a place or by everyone at the same time:
She descended the sweeping staircase into the crowd of photographers and journalists.
A signpost points to a short path descending amongst trees to a footbridge over the river.
The main staircase descended into a large, panelled entrance hall.
The audience applauded wildly as the curtain descended on the stage.
Its work had thus hardly begun when the city descended into violence.
She sang and little by little descended to the stage, where she immediately disappeared.
The two have descended into the dungeon and are in the process of digging the prisoner's grave.
