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descended, ppl. a.|dɪˈsɛndɪd|
[f. descend v. + -ed1.]
1. Derived, sprung from a person or stock. Usually as pa. pple. (see descend v. 8 b); used as adj. only in combination.
1640Sir E. Dering Carmelite (1641) 46 Your Troy-discended Romanes. 1665Sir T. Herbert Trav. (1677) 2 A well descended Gentleman.
2. That has descended, fallen, or dropped.
1853Lancet 29 Jan. 112/1 (heading) Excision from the inguinal canal of an imperfectly descended testicle. 1966Wright & Symmers Systemic Path. I. xxvi. 812/1 A testis that is still descending at about the end of the first year of life may fail to reach the bottom of the scrotum, remaining imperfectly descended. |