descendibleadj.

Brit.

/dᵻˈsɛndᵻbl/, U.S.

/dəˈsɛndəb(ə)l/,

/diˈsɛndəb(ə)l/

Forms: 1500s– descendible, 1600s discendible.

Origin: Probably formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: descend v., -ible suffix.

Etymology: Probably < descend v. + -ible suffix. In sense 2 after Anglo-Norman and Law French descendible capable of being handed down (15th cent. or earlier) or post-classical Latin descendibilis transmissible by inheritance (a1476 in a British source). Compare earlier descendable adj.

†1. That can move downwards; = descendable adj. 2. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > [adjective] > having the property of

descendible1574

descendablea1642

1574 T. Newton tr. G. Gratarolo Direct. Health Magistrates & Studentes sig. Diii.^v It is best to driue them [sc. certain fruits] out of the bodie as quicklie as may be conueniently..and after the eating of them to walke and then to eate somethinge to make them slipperie and descendible.

2. Law. That descends or may descend to an heir; = descendable adj. 1.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > right to succeed to title, position, or estate > succession > [adjective] > relating to inheritance > descending by inheritance > that can or may

descendablec1475

heritablec1480

inheritablea1483

descendible1614

1614 J. Selden Titles of Honor ii. vii. 290 All these there were accounted Titles Honorarie in the Empire, after such time as all Honor discendible became Feudall.

a1642 R. Callis Reading of Statute of Sewers (1647) iv. 191 If the son had attained this Freedom by the death of his father, as a thing descendible.

1700 Mrs. Abigail 18 Altho her Husband's Dignity is not descendible to her Children.

1765 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. I. 404 Which title is..usually descendible to the issue male.

1837 W. Herbert Amaryllidaceæ 341 There is no real or natural line of difference between species and permanent or descendible variety.

1868 Sat. Rev. 17 Oct. 521 The Derwentwater earldom was only descendible to heirs male.

1918 T. W. Hoopes Executory Interests in Illinois i. 3 Neither of the alternate contingent remainders are descendible or devisable.

1996 Daily Tel. 31 Dec. 19/4 The barony is descendible in the female line.

3. Capable of being descended; = descendable adj. 3. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, passage, or means of access to a place > [adjective] > downwards

descendable1728

descendible1755

1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. Descendible, such as may be descended; such as may admit of a passage downwards.

1863 Sat. Rev. 418 Descendible by zigzag Indian paths, traversing the face of the rocky walls.

1998 S. Pressfield Gates of Fire (1999) 288 The stone slope..had been erected deliberately with a descendible incline.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	descendible
释义	descendibleadj. Brit. /dᵻˈsɛndᵻbl/, U.S. /dəˈsɛndəb(ə)l/, /diˈsɛndəb(ə)l/ Forms: 1500s– descendible, 1600s discendible. Origin: Probably formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: descend v., -ible suffix. Etymology: Probably < descend v. + -ible suffix. In sense 2 after Anglo-Norman and Law French descendible capable of being handed down (15th cent. or earlier) or post-classical Latin descendibilis transmissible by inheritance (a1476 in a British source). Compare earlier descendable adj. †1. That can move downwards; = descendable adj. 2. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > [adjective] > having the property of descendible1574 descendablea1642 1574 T. Newton tr. G. Gratarolo Direct. Health Magistrates & Studentes sig. Diii.^v It is best to driue them [sc. certain fruits] out of the bodie as quicklie as may be conueniently..and after the eating of them to walke and then to eate somethinge to make them slipperie and descendible. 2. Law. That descends or may descend to an heir; = descendable adj. 1. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > right to succeed to title, position, or estate > succession > [adjective] > relating to inheritance > descending by inheritance > that can or may descendablec1475 heritablec1480 inheritablea1483 descendible1614 1614 J. Selden Titles of Honor ii. vii. 290 All these there were accounted Titles Honorarie in the Empire, after such time as all Honor discendible became Feudall. a1642 R. Callis Reading of Statute of Sewers (1647) iv. 191 If the son had attained this Freedom by the death of his father, as a thing descendible. 1700 Mrs. Abigail 18 Altho her Husband's Dignity is not descendible to her Children. 1765 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. I. 404 Which title is..usually descendible to the issue male. 1837 W. Herbert Amaryllidaceæ 341 There is no real or natural line of difference between species and permanent or descendible variety. 1868 Sat. Rev. 17 Oct. 521 The Derwentwater earldom was only descendible to heirs male. 1918 T. W. Hoopes Executory Interests in Illinois i. 3 Neither of the alternate contingent remainders are descendible or devisable. 1996 Daily Tel. 31 Dec. 19/4 The barony is descendible in the female line. 3. Capable of being descended; = descendable adj. 3. rare. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, passage, or means of access to a place > [adjective] > downwards descendable1728 descendible1755 1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. Descendible, such as may be descended; such as may admit of a passage downwards. 1863 Sat. Rev. 418 Descendible by zigzag Indian paths, traversing the face of the rocky walls. 1998 S. Pressfield Gates of Fire (1999) 288 The stone slope..had been erected deliberately with a descendible incline. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1574
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