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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of descend.

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Examples

  • The name descended from a Celtic tribe called the Santoni, a fiercely independent people with a strong sense of their own ways.

    Champlain's Dream David Hackett Fischer 2008

  • The name descended from a Celtic tribe called the Santoni, a fiercely independent people with a strong sense of their own ways.

    Champlain's Dream David Hackett Fischer 2008

  • I feel no allegiance or kinship to my slave names despite their being patronymic a name descended from the father.

    Blue Rage, Black Redemption Stanley Tookie Williams 2007

  • I feel no allegiance or kinship to my slave names despite their being patronymic a name descended from the father.

    Blue Rage, Black Redemption Stanley Tookie Williams 2007

  • I feel no allegiance or kinship to my slave names despite their being patronymic a name descended from the father.

    Blue Rage, Black Redemption Stanley Tookie Williams 2007

  • I feel no allegiance or kinship to my slave names despite their being patronymic a name descended from the father.

    Blue Rage, Black Redemption Stanley Tookie Williams 2007

  • Felton Elwell Hervey-Bathurst (1782-1819), was created a baronet in 1818, and on his death a year later the title descended to his brother, Frederick

    Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" Various

  • Meanwhile the Earl Spencer to whom he desired that his "Remains" should be dedicated passed away, and the title descended first to your lordship's uncle, then to your lordship's father, and lastly to your lordship.

    Life and Remains of John Clare "The Northamptonshire Peasant Poet" J. L. Cherry

  • Although twice married Byron left no children, and his title descended to his brother Richard (1605-1679), who had been governor of Newark.

    Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" Various

  • “Remains” should be dedicated passed away, and the title descended first to your lordship's uncle, then to your lordship's father, and lastly to your lordship.

    Life and Remains of John Clare Cherry, J L 1872

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