descendible

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adjective

Of property: able to pass by descent; inheritable by heirs.

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Meanings

adjectivedescendible (comparative more descendible, superlative most descendible)

comparative more descendible · superlative most descendible · alternative descendable

  1. lawOf property: able to pass by descent; inheritable by heirs.

    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
  2. Able to be physically descended.

    Used most often in backcountry and extreme skiing lingo, where finding a descendible line may well ensure your survival.

    2009, Marcia McFee, Karen Foster, Spiritual Adventures in the Snow

Origin

From descend + -ible.

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APA

descendible. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/descendible

MLA

“descendible.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/descendible. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “descendible,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/descendible.

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