Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Same as
descendible .
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- adjective Alternative spelling of
descendible .
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Examples
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She might by last will and testament dispose of her lands, tenements, hereditaments, and any interest therein descendable to her heirs, as if "sole."
Woman and the Republic — a Survey of the Woman-Suffrage Movement in the United States and a Discussion of the Claims and Arguments of Its Foremost Advocates Helen Kendrick Johnson 1880
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She might by last will and testament dispose of her lands, tenements, hereditaments, and any interest therein descendable to her heirs, as if "sole."
History of Woman Suffrage, Volume I Matilda Joslyn Gage 1863
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