descent

Converse of object

• trace: I have not been able, through the deficiency of records, to trace the descent of these manors satisfactorily.

Adjective modifier

• steep: Many rock marks used by anglers involve a steep descent down cliffs on tracks more suited to mountain goats.

Preposition: into

• madness: You see this whole kind of descent into madness.

Modifies a noun

• gully: Across the descent gully is a large undercut block with an obvious hole in its front face.

Noun used with modifier

• torchlight: The highlight of the week is the torchlight descent.

Preposition: of

• manor: I have not been able, through the deficiency of records, to trace the descent of these manors satisfactorily.

Preposition: from

• ancestor: The clans themselves have an equally shadowy history and claim descent from legendary ancestors with whom their connection is based simply on oral tradition.

Preposition: with

• modification: Like the heliocentric hypothesis of Copernicus, the hypothesis of descent with modification has long held the status of a scientific fact.