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

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

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

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

"It appears by communications from the stewards to the late Mr. Sawkins, that in the following manors, lands are descendible after the custom of Borough-English:— "Middlesex.

From Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 101, October 4, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Various

The secular principalities, Bohemia, the Palatinate, the duchy of Saxony, and the margravate of Brandenburg, are declared indivisible and entire, descendible in the male line.

From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 07 by Johnson, Rossiter