descend from
phrasal verb
descended from; descending from; descends from
: to have (something or someone in the past) as an origin or source
Recent evidence supports the theory that birds descended from dinosaurs.
The plants descend from a common ancestor.
They claim to be descended from a noble British family.
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Amichai Lau Lavie is an Israeli descended from an unbroken line of thirty-eight rabbis stretching back a thousand years.
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Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 22 Nov. 2024
Sign up Supposedly descended from Genghis Khan, the Mughal emperors ruled from the 16th to the mid-19th century, said Jonathan Jones in The Guardian.
—The Week Uk, theweek, 22 Nov. 2024
Cats are natural hunters, descended from wild ancestors who relied on fresh prey.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
And Rebecca, Rachel, and Leah descend from Nachor, Terach’s third son.
—Rabbi Avi Weiss, Sun Sentinel, 28 Oct. 2024
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Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 22 Nov. 2024
Sign up Supposedly descended from Genghis Khan, the Mughal emperors ruled from the 16th to the mid-19th century, said Jonathan Jones in The Guardian.
—The Week Uk, theweek, 22 Nov. 2024
Cats are natural hunters, descended from wild ancestors who relied on fresh prey.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
And Rebecca, Rachel, and Leah descend from Nachor, Terach’s third son.
—Rabbi Avi Weiss, Sun Sentinel, 28 Oct. 2024
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“Descend from.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/descend%20from. Accessed 15 Dec. 2024.
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