|effect=Causes something to desend or lower itself
|effect=Causes something to desend or lower itself
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{{Quote|With a whip-like movement, Crabbe pointed his wand at the fifty-foot mountain of old furniture, of broken trunks, of old books and robes and unidentifiable junk and shouted, "Descendo!" The wall began to totter, then crumbled into the aisle next door where Ron stood.|Crabbe tries to kill Ron with this spell.|Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows}}
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'''''Descendo''''' is a spell that likely causes any targeted object to move downwards.
'''''Descendo''''' is a spell that likely causes any targeted object to move downwards.
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==History==
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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.
==Known practitioners==
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==Etymology==
==Etymology==
''Descendo'' is Latin for "I descend".
''Descendo'' is Latin for "I descend".
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In Portuguese, ''Descendo ''means "going down"
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==Behind the scenes==
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*In the handheld versions of ''[[LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4]]'', [[Draco Malfoy]] uses this spell during his [[Duelling Club|duel]] with [[Harry Potter]] after being hit a few times with the [[Disarming Charm]]. He uses it to drop a statue in front of him for cover so that he can send in Crabbe and [[Gregory Goyle|Goyle]] to fight Harry for him.
"With a whip-like movement, Crabbe pointed his wand at the fifty-foot mountain of old furniture, of broken trunks, of old books and robes and unidentifiable junk and shouted, "Descendo!" The wall began to totter, then crumbled into the aisle next door where Ron stood."
