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Definition of
be descended from phrasal verb
from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
be descended from
phrasal verb
phrasal verb
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Phrasal Verbs
be descended from somebody
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to be related to someone who lived a long time ago
He claims to be descended from a Spanish prince.
See
be descended from
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noun
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