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ped·i·gree
I. \ˈpedəˌgrē\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English pedegru, from Middle French pie de grue crane's foot; from the shape made by the lines of a genealogical chart
1. : a register (as a table or chart) recording a line of ancestors : a genealogical tree : stemma
< drawing up a family pedigree >
2.
a. : an ancestral line : lineage, descent
< the dowager scrutinized his pedigree and background >
b.
(1) : the origin and the history (as of the developmental stages or the successive states or owners) of something
< the pedigree of a document >
< pedigrees of ideas or influences — Times Literary Supplement >
< the pedigree of the house we lived in — Mary A. Allen >
(2) : the sequence of owners of a work of art (as a painting)
< the condition of the pictures … their pedigree, the subjects represented — Times Literary Supplement >
(3) : the history of a collector's coin or stamp including facts about its original issuance, its rarity, and the sales in which it has changed hands
3.
a. : distinguished ancestry
< actions spoke louder than pedigrees in the trenches — Dixon Wecter >
b. : recorded purity of breed (as of horses or plants strains)
< vouch for a horse's pedigree >
4. : a long line of succession (as of persons holding an office or continuing a tradition)
< the whole pedigree of club presidents >
Synonyms: see ancestry
II. adjective
: having a pedigree : purebred
< a pedigree cocker spaniel >
< a four-year-old pedigree Guernsey bull — Veterinary Record >
III. transitive verb
(pedigreed ; pedigreed ; pedigreeing ; pedigrees)
: to breed or propagate so that descent is known and can be recorded : provide with a pedigree |