descend

• vi. 降りる；下る；降りてくる；受け継ぐ；見下す
• 下に行く；下に従う

下降する。-scend、登る、昇る、語源的にはascend、scanと同じ。

descend

descend: [13] Etymologically, descend means ‘climb down’. Like its opposite, ascend [14], it comes ultimately from Latin scandere ‘climb’, which also produced English scan and scansion and is related to echelon, escalate, scale ‘set of graduated marks’, scandal, and slander. The Latin verb was a product of the Indo-European base *skand- ‘jump’.
=> ascend, echelon, escalate, scale, scan, scandal, slander

descend (v.)

c. 1300, from Old French descendre (10c.) "descend, dismount; fall into; originate in," from Latin descendere "come down, descend, sink," from de- "down" (see de-) + scandere "to climb," from PIE root *skand- "jump" (see scan (v.)). Sense of "originate" is late 14c. in English. Related: Descended; descending.

1. She 's got too much dignity to descend to writing anonymous letters.

彼女はプライドの高い人で、身分をけなして匿名の手紙を書くことは決してありません。

2.As you descend ，suddenly you see at last the hidden waterfall.

まっすぐ下っていくと、最終的には突然その隠れた滝が見えてきます。

3.Things are cooler and more damp as we descend to the cellar.

地下室に降りると、周囲はますます暗く湿っています。

4.The plane began to descend .

飛行機が着陸を開始した。

5.If a prisoner is badly treated,he may descend to violence.

囚人が虐待を受けていれば、凶行に発展する可能性がある。