"Descendant" is a word in LAW AND LEGAL, ENGLISH
One who is descended from another; a person who proceeds from the body of another, such as a child, grandchild, etc., to the remotest degree. The term is the opposite of “ascendant,” (q. v
One who descends, as offspring, however remotely; --
correlative to ancestor or ascendant.
Descendent.
Their faces were inches apart now, and he traced her lips with one finger, lightly, lightly, then placed his lips there as if he’d drawn them into being.
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