::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. | ::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. |