Parameter descent, not used of a fall, nor of a drop by the mere force of gravity, but covering a traveller’s descent of a hill, or his journey from the interior to the coast, or (more figuratively) from “windward” to “leeward” ports, or (more figuratively still), descent from generation to generation; the word also covers the fall of rain (which is not regarded as due simply to gravity), and the ‘descent’ of the spirit in spirit possession [e891b32cf6c606607da571d26821f0fb]