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Definition of descent
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Descent
(n.)
Derivation,
as from an
ancestor;
procedure
by
generation;
lineage;
birth;
extraction..
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Blood
::
Blood (n.)
Descent
from
parents
of
recognized
breed;
excellence
or
purity
of
breed.
Inheritable
::
Inheritable
(a.)
Capable
of
taking
by
inheritance,
or of
receiving
by
descent;
capable
of
succeeding
to, as an
heir..
Bathos
::
Bathos
(n.) A
ludicrous
descent
from the
elevated
to the low, in
writing
or
speech;
anticlimax..
Descent
::
Descent
(n.)
Lowest
place;
extreme
downward
place.
Purchaser
::
Purchaser
(n.) One who
acquires
an
estate
in lands by his own act or
agreement,
or who takes or
obtains
an
estate
by any means other than by
descent
or
inheritance..
Ladder
::
Ladder
(v. i.) A frame
usually
portable,
of wood,
metal,
or rope, for
ascent
and
descent,
consisting
of two side
pieces
to which are
fastened
cross
strips
or
rounds
forming
steps..
Sharp
::
Sharp
(superl.)
Steep;
precipitous;
abrupt;
as, a sharp
ascent
or
descent;
a sharp turn or
curve..
Descent
::
Descent
(n.) That which is
descended;
descendants;
issue.
Direct
::
Direct
(a.) In the line of
descent;
not
collateral;
as, a
descendant
in the
direct
line..
Declivity
::
Declivity
(n.)
Deviation
from a
horizontal
line;
gradual
descent
of
surface;
inclination
downward;
slope;
--
opposed
to
acclivity,
or
ascent;
the same
slope,
considered
as
descending,
being a
declivity,
which,
considered
as
ascending,
is an
acclivity..
Branch
::
Branch
(n.) A line of
family
descent,
in
distinction
from some other line or lines from the same
stock;
any
descendant
in such a line; as, the
English
branch
of a
family..
Genealogize
::
Genealogize
(v. i.) To
investigate,
or
relate
the
history
of,
descents..
Grandchild
::
Grandchild
(n.) A son's or
daughter's
child;
a child in the
second
degree
of
descent.
Cognation
::
Cognation
(n.)
Relationship
by
blood;
descent
from the same
original;
kindred.
Parachute
::
Parachute
(n.) A
contrivance
somewhat
in the form of an
umbrella,
by means of which a
descent
may be made from a
balloon,
or any
eminence..
Genealogist
::
Genealogist
(n.) One who
traces
genealogies
or the
descent
of
persons
or
families.
Avatar
::
Avatar
(n.) The
descent
of a deity to
earth,
and his
incarnation
as a man or an
animal;
--
chiefly
associated
with the
incarnations
of
Vishnu..
Fall
::
Fall (n.)
Extent
of
descent;
the
distance
which
anything
falls;
as, the water of a
stream
has a fall of five
feet..
Nation
::
Nation
(n.) A part, or
division,
of the
people
of the
earth,
distinguished
from the rest by
common
descent,
language,
or
institutions;
a race; a
stock..
Homogenous
::
Homogenous
(a.)
Having
a
resemblance
in
structure,
due to
descent
from a
common
progenitor
with
subsequent
modification;
homogenetic;
--
applied
both to
animals
and
plants.
See
Homoplastic..
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