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Word entry · 10 letters

descendant

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"Family successor"

10 letters · collected on this word page

10 lettersPronunciation /dɪˈsɛndənt/Part of speech adjective, nounSorted acddeennstStarts with DEnds with T1 cluesCommon crossword word
1D2E3S4C5E6N7D8A9N10T

Definitions

  1. proceeding by descent from an ancestor

Word origin

From Middle English dessendaunte, borrowed from Middle French, from Latin dēscendēns, present participle of descendere, from dē + scandere (“to climb, ascend”).

Used in a sentence

  • The elevator resumed its descendant trajectory.
  • Eagle descendant, or descending. See DESCENDANT, and Pl. 22, fig. 6. Eagle descendant, displayed. See Pl. 22, fig. 7. Eagle displayed, recursant. See DISPLAYED RECURSANT, and Pl. 22, […]
  • Azure, surmounting a cloud argent, an American eagle descendant, wings endorsed proper, between his beak four lightning streaks, […]

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