Canadian English Meaning of descent
descent
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Definitions and Meaning of descent in English
descent (n)
a movement downward
properties attributable to your ancestry
the act of changing your location in a downward direction
the kinship relation between an individual and the individual's progenitors
a downward slope or bend
the descendants of one individual
descent (n.)
The act of descending, or passing downward; change of place from higher to lower.
Incursion; sudden attack; especially, hostile invasion from sea; -- often followed by upon or on; as, to make a descent upon the enemy.
Progress downward, as in station, virtue, as in station, virtue, and the like, from a higher to a lower state, from a higher to a lower state, from the more to the less important, from the better to the worse, etc.
Derivation, as from an ancestor; procedure by generation; lineage; birth; extraction.
Transmission of an estate by inheritance, usually, but not necessarily, in the descending line; title to inherit an estate by reason of consanguinity.
Inclination downward; a descending way; inclined or sloping surface; declivity; slope; as, a steep descent.
That which is descended; descendants; issue.
A step or remove downward in any scale of gradation; a degree in the scale of genealogy; a generation.
Lowest place; extreme downward place.
A passing from a higher to a lower tone.
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descent
a movement downward, properties attributable to your ancestry, the act of changing your location in a downward direction, the kinship relation between an indivi
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