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descendable

[dih-sen-duh-buhl]

adjective

capable of being transmitted by inheritance.

permitting descent: a descendible hill.

Also, de·scend·a·ble.

Origin:
1425–75; late Middle English descendable < Old French, equivalent to descend(re) to descend + -able -able; spelling later Latinized

Related forms

de·scend·i·bil·i·ty, de·scend·a·bil·i·ty, noun

un·de·scend·a·ble, adjective

un·de·scend·i·ble, adjective

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descend (dɪˈsɛnd)

—vb (often foll by on or upon)
1.	(also tr) to move, pass, or go down (a hill, slope, staircase, etc)
2.	(of a hill, slope, or path) to lead or extend down; slope; incline
3.	to move to a lower level, pitch, etc; fall
4.	(often foll by from) to be connected by a blood relationship (to a dead or extinct individual, race, species, etc)
5.	to be passed on by parents or ancestors; be inherited
6.	to sink or come down in morals or behaviour; lower oneself
7.	to arrive or attack in a sudden or overwhelming way: their relatives descended upon them last week
8.	(of the sun, moon, etc) to move towards the horizon

[C13: from Old French descendre, from Latin dēscendere, from de- + scandere to climb; see scan]

des'cendable

—*adj*

descendible or descendable (dɪˈsɛndəb^əl)

—*adj*
	capable of being inherited

descendable or descendable

—*adj*

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