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Declivous :: Declivous (a.) Descending gradually; moderately steep; sloping; downhill.

Poise :: Poise (v.) Weight; gravity; that which causes a body to descend; heaviness.

Inheritability :: Inheritability (n.) The quality of being inheritable or descendible to heirs.

A :: A () The first letter of the English and of many other alphabets. The capital A of the alphabets of Middle and Western Europe, as also the small letter (a), besides the forms in Italic, black letter, etc., are all descended from the old Latin A, which was borrowed from the Greek Alpha, of the same form; and this was made from the first letter (/) of the Phoenician alphabet, the equivalent of the Hebrew Aleph, and itself from the Egyptian origin. The Aleph was a consonant letter, with a guttural

Traduce :: Traduce (v. t.) To transfer; to transmit; to hand down; as, to traduce mental qualities to one's descendants..

Down :: Down (v. t.) To cause to go down; to make descend; to put down; to overthrow, as in wrestling; hence, to subdue; to bring down..

Matriarch :: Matriarch (n.) The mother and ruler of a family or of her descendants; a ruler by maternal right.

Tradition :: Tradition (n.) The unwritten or oral delivery of information, opinions, doctrines, practices, rites, and customs, from father to son, or from ancestors to posterity; the transmission of any knowledge, opinions, or practice, from forefathers to descendants by oral communication, without written memorials..

Hereditary :: Hereditary (a.) Descended, or capable of descending, from an ancestor to an heir at law; received or passing by inheritance, or that must pass by inheritance; as, an hereditary estate or crown..

Bourbon :: Bourbon (n.) A member of a family which has occupied several European thrones, and whose descendants still claim the throne of France..

Step :: Step (v. i.) A rest, or one of a set of rests, for the foot in ascending or descending, as a stair, or a round of a ladder..

Condescendingly :: Condescendingly (adv.) In a condescending manner.

Gracious :: Gracious (a.) Abounding in grace or mercy; manifesting love,. or bestowing mercy; characterized by grace; beneficent; merciful; disposed to show kindness or favor; condescending; as, his most gracious majesty..

Descend :: Descend (v. t.) To go down upon or along; to pass from a higher to a lower part of; as, they descended the river in boats; to descend a ladder..

Haitic :: Haitic (a.) Pertaining to Ham or his descendants.

Condescend :: Condescend (v. i.) To stoop or descend; to let one's self down; to submit; to waive the privilege of rank or dignity; to accommodate one's self to an inferior.

Cingalese :: Cingalese (n. sing. & pl.) A native or natives of Ceylon descended from its primitive inhabitant.

Hereditament :: Hereditament (n.) Any species of property that may be inherited; lands, tenements, anything corporeal or incorporeal, real, personal, or mixed, that may descend to an heir..

Israelite :: Israelite (n.) A descendant of Israel, or Jacob; a Hebrew; a Jew..

Fall :: Fall (v. t.) To Descend, either suddenly or gradually; particularly, to descend by the force of gravity; to drop; to sink; as, the apple falls; the tide falls; the mercury falls in the barometer..

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