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descendable en · ADJ

Etymology

From descend + -able.

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative spelling of descendible.
    • 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:

Forms

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more descendable Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most descendable Degree=Sup lexicographic