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descendable

descendable is the alternative spelling of descendible.

Meaning of descendible

Adjective

descendible (comparative more descendible, superlative most descendible)

  1. Of property: able to pass by descent; inheritable by heirs.
    • The rights of men in ſociety, are neither deviſeable, nor 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.1791, Thomas Paine, Rights of Man: Being an Answer to Mr. Burke’s Attack on the French Revolution, London: […] J. S. Jordan, […], →OCLC, page 129
  2. Able to be physically descended.
    • Used most often in backcountry and extreme skiing lingo, where finding a descendible line may well ensure your survival.2009, Marcia McFee, Karen Foster, Spiritual Adventures in the Snow

Forms of descendable

comparativemore descendable
superlativemost descendable

Origin of descendable

From descend + -able.

Questions about descendable

What is descendable the alternative spelling of?
Descendable is the alternative spelling of descendible.

Words near descendable in the dictionary

  1. Descemets
  2. descend
  3. descend into the arena
  4. descend on
  5. descend upon
  6. descendable
  7. descendance
  8. descendancies
  9. descendancy
  10. descendant
  11. descendantless

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Adapted from Wiktionary: descendable (page history and authors); descendible (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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