DESCENDIBLE


Meaning of DESCENDIBLE in English

— descendibility, descendability , n.

/di sen"deuh beuhl/ , adj.

1. capable of being transmitted by inheritance.

2. permitting descent: a descendible hill.

Also, descendable .

[ 1425-75; late ME descendable descend ( re ) to DESCEND + -able -ABLE; sp. later Latinized ]

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