descend

Senses relating to moving from a higher to a lower position.

they descended the river in boats

to descend a ladder

Senses relating to moving from a higher to a lower position.

They took the steep path that descends the hill down to the beach.

Soon after Crowhurst, the down grade steepens to 1 in 100 as the line descends the side of a valley, at the mouth of which a glimpse of the sea can be caught—the only one.

Senses relating to moving from a higher to a lower position.

[T]he common Devv exhaled from ſome ſorts of Herbs or VVeeds, but eſpecially from the common Graſs, carries vvith it the Seminal Tincture of the Herb, vvhich being again deſcended by Devvs or Rain upon the bare and naked Earth, re-produceth the ſame Species: […]

Senses relating to moving from a higher to a lower position.

And there is another watergang, called Haile Fayers watergang, 4 miles long and 16 feet broad, which descendeth by a spoye of stone at Hofkirk bridge into the said great river, which must always be cast at the tenants' cost.

They leade theyr life in pleaſure, & at a poppe, down they deſcende into hell.

Senses relating to moving from a higher to a lower position.

Synonym of descent (“instance of descending; sloping incline or passage; way down; decline, etc.”).

[I]t ſhall be good if in your iourney you come to the deſcend of anye great Hil, to light from your Horſes backe, and to vvalke dovvne the hill a foote, […]