descended

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past simple and past participle of

to go or come down:

The path descended steeply into the valley.

Jane descended the stairs.

If darkness or night descends, it becomes dark and day changes to night.

If a negative or bad feeling descends, it is felt everywhere in a place or by everyone at the same time:

descend on A feeling of despair descended on us as we realized that we were lost.

Gloom descended yesterday as the news was announced.

If a condition, usually a negative condition, descends, it quickly develops in every part of a place:

descend on Silence descended on the room.

descend over An eerie calm descended over the city.

The babble of voices ceased, and a hush descended.