descendible (desendibl)

[ There are some who... [a ert that] the Benefices, which at first were held for life, became at last descend i ble from father to son. Maine, Village Communities, p. 132. Also spelled descendable . descending (de-sen'ding), p . a. [Ppr. of de scend, v.] 1. Moving or directed downward; characterized by downward direction. He cleft his head with one descending blow. Dryden. Specifically- (a) In bot . , turned downward: as, a descend 6. In astron., to move to the southward, or to- ing ovule; the descending axis of a plant, the root, in disward the south, as a star. II. trans. To move or pa downward upon or along; come or go down upon; pa from the top to the bottom of: as, to descend a hill; to descend an inclined plane. But never tears his cheek descended . Byron, Paris in a, st. 20.