de·scent
n 1 : the act or process of descending from a higher to a lower location < of the testes into the scrotum> 2 a : derivation from an ancestor b : the fact or process of originating by generation from an ancestral stock (as a species or genus) 3 : a former method of distillation in which the material was heated in a vessel having its outlet underneath so that the vapors produced were forced to descend .
Similar sounding terms: de·scend
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