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the descendants of one individual; "his entire lineage has been warriors"

a downward slope or bend

the kinship relation between an individual and the individual's progenitors

a movement downward

the descendants of one individual; "his entire lineage has been warriors"

a downward slope or bend

the kinship relation between an individual and the individual's progenitors

a movement downward

The act of descending, or passing downward; change of place from higher to lower.

Progress downward, as in station, virtue, as in station, virtue, and the like, from a higher to a lower state, from a higher to a lower state, from the more to the less important, from the better to the worse, etc.

Derivation, as from an ancestor; procedure by generation; lineage; birth; extraction.

Transmission of an estate by inheritance, usually, but not necessarily, in the descending line; title to inherit an estate by reason of consanguinity.

Inclination downward; a descending way; inclined or sloping surface; declivity; slope; as, a steep descent.

That which is descended; descendants; issue.

A step or remove downward in any scale of gradation; a degree in the scale of genealogy; a generation.

Lowest place; extreme downward place.

Incursion; sudden attack; especially, hostile invasion from sea; - often followed by upon or on; as, to make a descent upon the enemy.

The act of descending, or passing downward; change of place from higher to lower.

Progress downward, as in station, virtue, as in station, virtue, and the like, from a higher to a lower state, from a higher to a lower state, from the more to the less important, from the better to the worse, etc.

Derivation, as from an ancestor; procedure by generation; lineage; birth; extraction.

Transmission of an estate by inheritance, usually, but not necessarily, in the descending line; title to inherit an estate by reason of consanguinity.

Inclination downward; a descending way; inclined or sloping surface; declivity; slope; as, a steep descent.

That which is descended; descendants; issue.

A step or remove downward in any scale of gradation; a degree in the scale of genealogy; a generation.

Lowest place; extreme downward place.

Incursion; sudden attack; especially, hostile invasion from sea; - often followed by upon or on; as, to make a descent upon the enemy.

Change from a higher to a lower place; a sudden hostile invasion or attack; a coming from a common ancestor.

Act of descending: motion or progress downward: slope: a falling upon or invasion: derivation from an ancestor.

Motion downward; slope; invasion; derivation from an ancestor.

The act of descending; decline; fall.

A declivity; slope.

Lineage; birth.

Descendants; issue.

An invasion.

The vaults or hollow places made by undermining the ground.

The act of descending; downward slope; progress downward; fall from a higher to a lower state or station; invasion of troops from the sea; transmission by succession or inheritance; birth; a single degree in the scale of genealogy; descendants; lowest place; the motion of a body caused by the attraction of gravity; a passing from a note or sound to one more grave or less acute.

The act of moving downward; or the state of having moved downward.

Ancestral origin.

n. [French] Act of descending or coming down; inclination; declivity;—incursion; sudden attack;—progress downward, as in station, virtue, or the like, from the more to the less important, from a higher to a lower tone, & c.;—derivation, as from an ancestor; lineage;—that which is derived or descended; offspring; descendants; issue;—a step in the process of derivation; a generation; degree.

The act of passing from a higher place; progress downwards; invasion, hostile entrance into a kingdom; transmission of any thing by succession and inheritance; the state of proceeding from an original or progenitor; birth, extraction, process of lineage; offspring, inheritors; a single step in the scale of genealogy; a rank in the scale or order of being.