descend from sth
— phrasal verb with descend /dɪˈsend/ verbDefinition
› to have developed from something that existed in the past: All living creatures are thought to descend from an organism that came into being three billion years ago.Innate and congenitalGenetics be descended from sb C2 to be related to a particular person or group of people who lived in the past: Her father is descended from Greek royalty. Humans are descended from (= developed from) ape-like creatures.Ancestors and descendants
(Definition of descend from sth from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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- birth noun
- born adjective
- born and bred idiom
- congenital adjective
- inborn adjective
- inbred adjective (ESTABLISHED)
- inclined adjective
- inherit verb (QUALITY)
- inheritance noun (QUALITY)
- innate adjective
- instinct noun
- instinctive adjective
- native adjective
- native noun
- natural adjective (NOT ARTIFICIAL)
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