descendible

American  

[dih-sen-duh-buhl] / dɪˈsɛn də bəl /

Or descendable

adjective

1. capable of being transmitted by inheritance.

2. permitting descent.

   a descendible hill.

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descendible British  

/ dɪˈsɛndəbəl /

adjective

1. capable of being inherited

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Other Word Forms

• descendability noun
• descendibility noun
• undescendable adjective
• undescendible adjective

Etymology

Origin of descendible

1425–75; late Middle English descendable < Old French, equivalent to descend ( re ) to descend + -able -able; spelling later Latinized

Example Sentences

The question arises, who is most responsible—a peer for life whose dignities are not descendible, or a peer for life whose dignities are hereditary?

From The World's Best Orations, Vol. 1 (of 10) by Various

First, it is in general hereditary, or descendible to the next heir, on the death or demise of the last proprietor.

From Commentaries on the Laws of England Book the First by Blackstone, William, Sir

The sovereign may by his prerogative, if he thinks proper, create a hundred peers with descendible qualities in the course of a day.

From The Constitutional History of England from 1760 to 1860 by Yonge, Charles Duke

Lands are not naturally descendible any more than thrones: but the law has thought proper, for the benefit and peace of the public, to establish hereditary succession in one as well as the other.

From Commentaries on the Laws of England Book the First by Blackstone, William, Sir

Else he ranks after baronets; who are the next order: which title is a dignity of inheritance, created by letters patent, and usually descendible to the issue male.

From Commentaries on the Laws of England Book the First by Blackstone, William, Sir