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descendent

[ dih-sen-duhnt ]

adjective

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


descendent

/ ɪˈɛԻəԳ /

adjective

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

  • ܲd·ԻIJԳ adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of descendent1

1565–75; < Latin ŧԻԳ- (stem of ŧԻŧԲ ), present participle of ŧԻ. See descend, -ent
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These biopesticides may be chemically similar to their synthetic descendents, but they’re generally weaker, target fewer species and don’t linger in the environment.

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Voyce, a descendent of a 1920s England great of the same name, won his first England cap in 2001, but had fallen out of favour before his move to Wasps revitalised his international prospects.

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Julie Summers, a descendent of Irvine, said in a statement that she was "moved to tears" when Mr Chin told her about the discovery.

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All meant to terrify descendents with the wordless horror of blighted land and trigger the inexplicable rise of hairs on the backs of their neck.

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In their announcement, the zoo said one of the incoming bears - Bao Li - is a descendent of that family.

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