Inherit

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  • intransitive verb. undefined
  • intransitive verb. To take (property) by law of descent from an intestate owner.
  • intransitive verb. To receive (property) by will; receive by bequest or devise.
  • intransitive verb. To receive or take over from a predecessor.
  • intransitive verb. To receive (a characteristic) from a parent or ancestor by genetic transmission.
  • intransitive verb. To gain (something) as one's right or portion.
  • intransitive verb. To hold or take possession of an inheritance.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • In law, to take by descent from an ancestor; get by succession, as the representative of the former possessor; receive as a right or title descendible by law from an ancestor at his decease: as, the eldest son of a nobleman inherits his father's title.
  • To receive from one's progenitors as part of one's physical or mental constitution; possess intrinsically through descent.
  • To receive by transmission in any way; have imparted to or conferred upon; acquire from any source.
  • To succeed by inheritance.
  • To put in possession; seize: with of.
  • To be vested with a right to a thing (specifically to real property) by operation of law, as successor in interest on the death of the former owner; have succession as heir: sometimes with to.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • transitive verb. To take by descent from an ancestor; to take by inheritance; to take as heir on the death of an ancestor or other person to whose estate one succeeds; to receive as a right or title descendible by law from an ancestor at his decease
  • transitive verb. To receive or take by birth; to have by nature; to derive or acquire from ancestors, as mental or physical qualities, genes, or genetic traits
  • transitive verb. To come into possession of; to possess; to own; to enjoy as a possession.
  • transitive verb. To put in possession of.
  • intransitive verb. To take or hold a possession, property, estate, or rights by inheritance.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. To take possession of as a right (especially in Biblical translations).
  • verb. To receive (property or a title etc), by legal succession or bequest after the previous owner's death.
  • verb. (biology) To receive a characteristic from one's ancestors by genetic transmission.
  • verb. To derive from people or conditions previously in force.
  • verb. to come into an inheritance.
  • verb. To derive (existing functionality) from a superclass.
  • verb. To derive a new class from (a superclass).
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. receive from a predecessor
  • verb. obtain from someone after their death
  • verb. receive by genetic transmission
  • Word Usage
    "Excepting the wrong use of the term inherit, we were not prepared to dispute the old gentleman's ideas respecting the origin of his disease."
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    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    acquire  get  have  receive  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Garratt  Jarrett  beret  carat  carrot  
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    Words that are found in similar contexts
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    heir  own  possess  take  
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