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descents definition
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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") 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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