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English Dictionary: descendent	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
descendent adj going or coming down Synonym(s): descendant, descendent proceeding by descent from an ancestor; "descendent gene" Synonym(s): descendant, descendent n a person considered as descended from some ancestor or race Synonym(s): descendant, descendent Antonym(s): ancestor, antecedent, ascendant, ascendent, root
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Descendent \Descend"ent\, a. [L. descendens, -entis, p. pr. of descendre. Cf. {Descendant}.] Descending; falling; proceeding from an ancestor or source. More than mortal grace Speaks thee descendent* of ethereal race. --Pope.