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descendent

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de⋅scend⋅ent

  [di-sen-duhnt]
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–adjective
1. descending; going or coming down.
2. deriving or descending from an ancestor.
Origin:
1565–75; < L dēscendent- (s. of dēscendēns), prp. of dēscendere. See descend, -ent
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de·scen·dent also de·scen·dant   (dĭ-sěn'dənt)   
adj.  

  1. Moving downward; descending.

  2. Proceeding by descent from an ancestor.

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