be descended from

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• (be) descended from somebody — be desˈcended from sb derived to be related to sb who lived a long time ago • He claims to be descended from a Spanish prince. Main entry: ↑descendderived …   Useful english dictionary

• be descended from — be a blood relative of (an ancestor). → descend …   English new terms dictionary

• descended — adj. (cannot stand alone) 1) directly descended 2) descended from (descended from a royal family) * * * (cannot stand alone) directly descended descended from (descended from a royal family) …   Combinatory dictionary

• Descended — Descend De*scend , v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Descended}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Descending}.] [F. descendre, L. descendere, descensum; de + scandere to climb. See {Scan}.] 1. To pass from a higher to a lower place; to move downwards; to come or go down in… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• descended — [[t]dɪse̱ndɪd[/t]] 1) ADJ: v link ADJ from n A person who is descended from someone who lived a long time ago is directly related to them. She used to tell us that she was descended from some Scottish Lord but we thought she was bragging. 2) ADJ …   English dictionary

• come from a long line of — from a family with a history of, be descended from a dynasty of …   English contemporary dictionary

• descended — de·scend || dɪ send v. go down; be handed down (from generation to generation); lower oneself morally …   English contemporary dictionary

• Descent of Elizabeth II from William I — This list shows the most senior line of descent of Elizabeth II from William I of England. Each person on the list is the son or daughter of the person above him or her on the list. There are many other more junior lines of descent of the family …   Wikipedia

• Descent from antiquity — (DFA) is the project of establishing a well researched, generation by generation descent of living persons from people living in antiquity. It is an ultimate challenge in prosopography and genealogy. The idea is by no means new. Hellenistic… …   Wikipedia

• Descent from Genghis Khan — Genghis Khan portrait Descent from Genghis Khan (Mongolian: Алтан ураг, meaning Golden lineage or Tore) is traceable primarily in Central Asia. His four sons and other immediate descendants are famous by names and by deeds. Later Asian potentates …   Wikipedia

• descend from — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms descend from : present tense I/you/we/they descend from he/she/it descends from present participle descending from past tense descended from past participle descended from 1) descend from someone/something… …   English dictionary