intransitive. With from, of. To be descended from a specified parent or ancestor; to originate from a particular family background.

intransitive. Of a person or (occasionally) an animal: to be born of; to descend or originate from… In other constructions.

intransitive. To originate by birth or descent, to descend; to spring out, burst forth.

intransitive (in the perfect). to be descended (from,†of): to come or derive from a particular progenitor, ancestor, or ancestral stock; to be a…

intransitive. To be descended from (a specified person). rare.

intransitive. To come of, derive from a particular progenitor, ancestor, or ancestral stock.

intransitive. To be descended or spring from (formerly †of) a parent, ancestor, or stock. Now rare.

intransitive. To be born or descended (from or of a person). Cf. sense 8. Now rare.

intransitive. To be descended by birth. Obsolete.

intransitive. To be born or descended from. Obsolete.

To descend in lineage. Obsolete. rare.