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Descend

To pass from a higher to a lower place to move downwards to come or go down in any way as by falling flowing walking etc to plunge to fall to incline downward the opposite of...

Lineal descendant

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Ascendant or descendant

Matched in: Term Ascendant or descendant

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Descender, writ of formedon in

Descender, writ of formedon in, an abolished process, Fitz. N. B. 21; 1 Steph. Com.

Descensive

Tending to descend tending downwards descending

Hereditary

Descended or capable of descending from an ancestor to an heir at law received or passing by inheritance or

Fall

To Descend either suddenly or gradually particularly to descend by the force of gravity to drop to sink as the

Shemite

A descendant of Shem

Benjamite

A descendant of Benjamin one of the tribe of Benjamin

Seid

A descendant of Mohammed through his daughter Fatima and nephew Ali

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