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descendent

[ dih-sen-duhnt ]

adjective

  1. descending; going or coming down.
  2. deriving or descending from an ancestor.


descendent

/ dɪˈsɛndənt /

adjective

  1. coming or going downwards; descending
  2. deriving by descent, as from an ancestor


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Other Words From

  • unde·scendent adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of descendent1

1565–75; < Latin dēscendent- (stem of dēscendēns ), present participle of dēscendere. See descend, -ent

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Example Sentences

Now, its descendent organizations are dedicated to advancing the 20th-century throwback notion of the primacy of the nation-state.

My mother was a descendent of Greek royalty, an intellectual grande dame who wore elegant shaded glasses.

The queen of one of the islands in the Victoria Nyanza is a descendent of them.

I don't mind Slith so much, he's only a little anachronistic reptile, a descendent of happier days in dinosaurial dawndom.

His faithful descendent seized the present opportunity to celebrate the event with more pomp than ever.

Toutes ces couches descendent au sud-est suivant la pente de la montagne, mais avec un peu plus de rapidit.

Les dernires couches au nord au dessus d'trembires descendent vers le nord-nord-est, sous un angle de 40 au 50 degrs.

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