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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source
de·scend·ent    Audio Help   [di-sen-duhnt] Pronunciation Key
–adjective
1.descending; going or coming down.
2.deriving or descending from an ancestor.
[Origin: 1565–75; < L déscendent- (s. of déscendéns), prp. of déscendere. See descend, -ent]
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American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source
de·scen·dent also de·scen·dant    Audio Help   (dĭ-sěn'dənt)  Pronunciation Key 
adj.  
  1. Moving downward; descending.
  2. Proceeding by descent from an ancestor.

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descendent

adjective
1. going or coming down [syn: descendant] 
2. proceeding by descent from an ancestor; "descendent gene" [syn: descendant] 

noun
1. a person considered as descended from some ancestor or race [syn: descendant] [ant: ancestor] 

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Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law - Cite This Source

Main Entry: de·scen·dant
Variant: also de·scen·dent /di-'sen-d&nt/
Function: noun
: a blood relative of a later generation

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source

Descendent

De*scend"ant\, a. [F. descendant, p. pr. of descendre. Cf. Descendent.] Descendent.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.

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