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descendible

descendible adjective: of property: able to pass by descent; inheritable by heirs.

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 descendible

comparativemore descendible
superlativemost descendible
alternative formdescendable

Origin of descendible

From descend + -ible.

Words formed from descendible

Questions about descendible

What does descendible mean?
Descendible means of property: able to pass by descent; inheritable by heirs.
What part of speech is descendible?
Descendible is an adjective.

Words near descendible in the dictionary

  1. descendest
  2. descendeth
  3. descendeur
  4. descendeurs
  5. descendibility
  6. descendible
  7. descendin
  8. descending
  9. descending chain condition
  10. descending chain conditions
  11. descending colon

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