meaning of anceps
1. One from whom a person is descended, whether on the fathers or mothers side, at any distance of time; a progenitor; a fore father.
2. An earlier type; a progenitor; as, this fossil animal is regarded as the ancestor of the horse.
3. One from whom an estate has descended; -- the correlative of heir.
4. someone from whom you are descended but usually more remote than a grandparent
Related Words
ancestor | ancestor worship | ancestorial | ancestorially | ancestral | ancestress | ancestry |
