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==History==
 
==History==
In the [[Battle of the Department of Mysteries]] this may have been the spell that [[Hermione Granger]] used to collapse the shelves full of propherces.
 
 
In [[1997]], [[Ronald Weasley|Ron Weasley]] used this spell to lower the ceiling hatch and ladder leading to [[the Burrow]]'s attic. In [[1998]], it was used by [[Vincent Crabbe]], who cast this spell on a fifty-foot high pile of junk in the [[Room of Requirement]] in an attempt to make it fall over onto Ron.
 
In [[1997]], [[Ronald Weasley|Ron Weasley]] used this spell to lower the ceiling hatch and ladder leading to [[the Burrow]]'s attic. In [[1998]], it was used by [[Vincent Crabbe]], who cast this spell on a fifty-foot high pile of junk in the [[Room of Requirement]] in an attempt to make it fall over onto Ron.
 
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==Etymology==
 
==Etymology==

Revision as of 12:30, 18 August 2011

Descendo likely causes any targeted object to move downwards.

History

In 1997, Ron Weasley used this spell to lower the ceiling hatch and ladder leading to the Burrow's attic. In 1998, it was used by Vincent Crabbe, who cast this spell on a fifty-foot high pile of junk in the Room of Requirement in an attempt to make it fall over onto Ron.

Etymology

Descendo is Latin for "I descend".

Appearances