Adjacent Words

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DESCENDENT, a.
1. Descending; falling; sinking.
2. Proceeding from an original or ancestor.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: going or coming down [syn: descendant, descendent]
2: proceeding by descent from an ancestor; "descendent gene" [syn: descendant, descendent] n
1: a person considered as descended from some ancestor or race [syn: descendant, descendent] [ant: ancestor, antecedent, ascendant, ascendent, root]

Merriam Webster's

I. adjective see descendant I II. noun see descendant II

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Descendent De*scend"ent, a. [L. descendens, -entis, p. pr. of descendre. Cf. Descendant.] Descending; falling; proceeding from an ancestor or source. More than mortal grace Speaks thee descendent of ethereal race. --Pope.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. Descending.