descendible
adjective
capable of being transmitted by inheritance.
descendable
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a variation of
descendible.
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a word derived from
descend.
descendverb (used without object)to go or pass from a higher to a lower place; move or come down.
Example Sentences
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The rights of men in society, are neither devisable or transferable, nor annihilable, but are descendable only, and it is not in the power of any generation to intercept finally, and cut off the descent.
From Writings of Thomas Paine — Volume 2 (1779-1792): the Rights of Man by Moncure Daniel Conway
