descend
     v 1: 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" [syn: {fall}, {go down}, {come
          down}] [ant: {rise}, {ascend}]
     2: 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" [syn: {derive}, {come}]
     3: do something that one considers to be below one's dignity
        [syn: {condescend}, {deign}]
     4: come as if by falling; "Night fell"; "Silence fell" [syn: {fall},
         {settle}]
Source: WordNet® 2.0