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*1. a. One from whom a [[person]] is descended, either by the father or mother; a progenitor, a forefather. (Usually said of those more remote than a grandfather.) Also, of [[animal]]s, and fig. as ‘[[spiritual]] ancestor.’
::b. attrib.
::c. [[Law]]. A person who precedes another in the course of inheritance, and from whom an inheritance is derived, whether in the direct line of descent or not: correlative to heir. collateral ancestor: see COLLATERAL a. 4.
*2. [[Biology|Biol]]. An [[organization|organized]] [[being]] of a lower or earlier type, whence others of a higher type subsequently existing are, according to the [[Evolution]] theory, inferred to have been ‘developed.’
::Hence {sm}ancestor v. trans., to be the ancestor of; also transf.; {sm}ancestored (-{schwa}d) ppl. a., having an ancestor or ancestors (of a specified kind); {sm}ancestorship, the position of an ancestor.
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*1. a. One from whom a [[person]] is descended, either by the father or mother; a progenitor, a forefather. (Usually said of those more remote than a grandfather.) Also, of [[animal]]s, and fig. as ‘[[spiritual]] ancestor.’
::b. attrib.
::c. [[Law]]. A person who precedes another in the course of inheritance, and from whom an inheritance is derived, whether in the direct line of descent or not: correlative to heir. collateral ancestor: see COLLATERAL a. 4.
*2. [[Biology|Biol]]. An [[organization|organized]] [[being]] of a lower or earlier type, whence others of a higher type subsequently existing are, according to the [[Evolution]] theory, inferred to have been ‘developed.’
::Hence {sm}ancestor v. trans., to be the ancestor of; also transf.; {sm}ancestored (-{schwa}d) ppl. a., having an ancestor or ancestors (of a specified kind); {sm}ancestorship, the position of an ancestor.
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