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Ancestors an inclination toward old-fashioned things, speech, or actions, especially those of one’s ancestors. Also archaicism. — archaist, n. — archaistic, adj. the reappearance in the present of a characteristic belonging to a remote ancestor. — atavist, n. — atavistic, adj. Ancient Rome. the malevolent ghosts or spirits of a family’s dead ancestors. descent through the female line, as in ancestry, inheritance, etc. — matrilineal, matrilinear, adj. relationship or descent by the male line, as in ancestry, inheritance, etc. — patrilineal, patrilinear, adj. the person from whom a line of descent originates. |
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" The Fox replied, "You have chosen a most appropriate subject for your falsehoods, as I am sure none of your ancestors will be able to contradict you.
"These are our ancestors, and their history is our history. ] Such a birth requires, as its antecedents, not only a series of carefully arranged intermarriages, but also a long, continued exercise of frugality and self-control on the part of the would-be ancestors of the coming Equilateral, and a patient, systematic, and continuous development of the Isosceles intellect through many generations. |
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