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descent


 
  Grep  of  noun  descent 
  bilateral  descent 
  descent 
  line  of  descent 
  unilateral  descent 
 
  Overview  of  noun  descent 
 
  The  noun  descent  has  6  senses  (first  3  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (2)  descent  --  (a  movement  downward) 
  2.  (2)  origin,  descent,  extraction  --  (properties  attributable  to  your  ancestry;  "he  comes  from  good  origins") 
  3.  (1)  descent  --  (the  act  of  changing  your  location  in  a  downward  direction) 
  4.  descent,  line  of  descent,  lineage,  filiation  --  (the  kinship  relation  between  an  individual  and  the  individual's  progenitors) 
  5.  descent,  declivity,  fall,  decline  declension,  downslope  --  (a  downward  slope) 
  6.  lineage,  line  line  of  descent,  descent,  bloodline,  blood  line  blood,  pedigree,  ancestry,  origin,  parentage,  stock  --  (the  descendants  of  one  individual;  "his  entire  lineage  has  been  warriors") 
 
  Grep  of  adj  descent 
  candescent 
  incandescent 
  iridescent 
 
  Overview  of  noun  descent 
 
  The  noun  descent  has  6  senses  (first  3  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (2)  descent  --  (a  movement  downward) 
  2.  (2)  origin,  descent,  extraction  --  (properties  attributable  to  your  ancestry;  "he  comes  from  good  origins") 
  3.  (1)  descent  --  (the  act  of  changing  your  location  in  a  downward  direction) 
  4.  descent,  line  of  descent,  lineage,  filiation  --  (the  kinship  relation  between  an  individual  and  the  individual's  progenitors) 
  5.  descent,  declivity,  fall,  decline  declension,  downslope  --  (a  downward  slope) 
  6.  lineage,  line  line  of  descent,  descent,  bloodline,  blood  line  blood,  pedigree,  ancestry,  origin,  parentage,  stock  --  (the  descendants  of  one  individual;  "his  entire  lineage  has  been  warriors") 



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