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The act of descending, or passing downward; change of place from higher to lower.

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The act of extracting, or drawing out; as, the extraction of a tooth, of a bone or an arrow from the body, of a stump from earth, of a passage from a…

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The first existence or beginning of anything; the birth.

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A line of ancestors; descent; lineage; genealogy; a register or record of a line of ancestors.

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The act or state of inheriting; as, the inheritance of an estate; the inheritance of mental or physical qualities.

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Family relationship.

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The state of being related by kindred, affinity, or other alliance.

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Produced by mixing distinct breeds; mongrel.

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Produced by mixing distinct breeds; mongrel.

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Condition as to ancestors; ancestral lineage; hence, birth or honorable descent.

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A leading or drawing off of water from a stream or source.

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The act of descending, or passing downward; change of place from higher to lower.

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Descent in a line from a common progenitor; progeny; race; descending line of offspring or ascending line of parentage.

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