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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Discendent, ppl. a. [L. dēscendent- ppl. stem of dēscendere.] Of a planet: Descendant. —1513 Doug. i. v. 2, comm.
That Venus was … discendent, and nocht in hir strenth
