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I . descend [dɪˈsend] VB intr

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2. descend MATH:

in descending order
w porządku malejącym

3. descend liter (fall):

descend darkness
zapadać [perf zapaść]

4. descend (lower oneself):

to descend oneself to sth
zniżać [perf zniżyć] się do czegoś

II . descend [dɪˈsend] VB trans

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descend from VB trans

1. descend from (have developed):

to descend from sth
pochodzić od czegoś

2. descend from (be related):

to be descended from sb
być czyimś potomkiem

descend on VB trans

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1. descend on (fall):

silence descended on the room
w pokoju zapadła cisza
despair descended on us
ogarnęła nas rozpacz

2. descend on (visit):

to descend on sb
zwalać [perf zwalić] się komuś na głowę

Usage examples with descended

despair descended on us
ogarnęła nas rozpacz
a hush fell [or descended]
zapadła cisza
the country descended into chaos fig
w kraju zapanował chaos
to be descended from sb
być czyimś potomkiem
silence descended on the room
w pokoju zapadła cisza

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English
The modern necktie, ascot, and bow tie are descended from the cravat.
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He was descended from lines of farmers, parsons and evangelists with the occasional adventurer amongst his forebears, as well.
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According to this story, heavenly beings once descended to earth, intermarried with humans, and produced the "nephilim", the heroes of old, men of renown.
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The tornado first descended about 8:30 p.m. on a humid evening near a drive-in movie theater that was flickering to life at twilight time.
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The serpent slowly uncoiled without waking up the boy and descended from the boulder.
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Tourists were brought in by the busload and sometimes as many as 13,000 visitors descended on the beach in one day.
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The solitary flight attendant received a minor injury when the aircraft descended 2,300 feet (approximately 700 metres) during the loss of control and subsequent recovery.
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Such mechanisms may also allow the incorporation of purebred animals descended from unregistered stock or of uncertain parentage.
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Waiters were tuxedoed, tables were clothed and towering pepper mills descended the moment appetizers hit the table.
montrealgazette.com
Ferocious, aggressive, and merciless, they have descended on human-controlled space in a slow and steady wave of invasion.
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