DESCENDENT


Meaning of DESCENDENT in English

/di sen"deuhnt/ , adj.

1. descending; going or coming down.

2. deriving or descending from an ancestor.

[ 1565-75; descendent- (s. of descendens ), prp. of descendere. See DESCEND, -ENT ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .