Meanings
adjectivedescendable (comparative more descendable, superlative most descendable)
comparative more descendable · superlative most descendable
- alternativeAlternative 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
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “descendable,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/descendable.
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