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Descent, 1) a motion downward: “not the dreadful spout . . . shall dizzy with more clamour Neptune's ear in his d.” Troil. V, 2, 175. Singular passage: “from the extremest upward of thy head to the d. and dust below thy foot,” Lr. V, 3, 137 (i. e. from the extremest upward to the extremest downward).
2) extraction, lineage: Gentl. III, 2, 32. Shr. Ind. 2, 15. R2 I, 1, 107. H6A III, 1, 166. H6B III, 1, 21. H6B III, 1, 21 H6C I, 4, 72. II, 1, 92. IV, 1, 70. R3 III, 2, 54. Cymb. V, 5, 308. Per. II, 5, 60. “Edward king, the third of that d.” H6A II, 5, 66 (== of that house).
3) transmission by inheritance: “a ring that downward hath succeeded in his house from son to son, some four or five --s since the first father wore it,” All's III, 7, 24 (or == generations?). “my inheritance of free d.” R2 II, 3, 136.
4) origin, source: “and know their spring, their head, their true d.” Rom. V, 3, 218.
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