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Webster 1913 Edition


Descendible

De-scend′i-ble

,
Adj.
1.
Admitting descent; capable of being descended.
2.
That may descend from an ancestor to an heir.
“A descendant estate.”
Sir W. Jones.

Webster 1828 Edition


Descendible

DESCENDIBLE

, a.
1.
That may be descended, or passed down; as, the hill is descendible.
2.
That may descend from an ancestor to an heir; as a descendible estate.

Definition 2024


descendible

descendible

English

Adjective

descendible (comparative more descendible, superlative most descendible)

  1. (law) Of property, able to pass by descent; inheritable by heirs.

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