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Descendent   /dɪsˈɛndənt/   Listen
Descendent

noun
1.
A person considered as descended from some ancestor or race.  Synonym: descendant.  Antonym: ancestor.
adjective
1.
Going or coming down.  Synonym: descendant.
2.
Proceeding by descent from an ancestor.  Synonym: descendant.






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"Descendent" Quotes from Famous Books



... causes and effects, so as both these knowledges, speculative and operative, have a great connection between themselves; yet because all true and fruitful natural philosophy hath a double scale or ladder, ascendent and descendent, ascending from experiments to the invention of causes, and descending from causes to the invention of new experiments; therefore I judge it most requisite that these two parts be severally considered ...
— The Advancement of Learning • Francis Bacon

... generation," Kramer observed, "you'd have run through the streets of the city brandishing an ax smashing saloons. You're a lineal descendent of Carrie Nation." He puffed quietly until his head was surrounded by a nimbus of smoke. "Stop trying to reform me," he added. "You ...
— Pandemic • Jesse Franklin Bone



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