inherit
American Heritage Dictionary:
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in·her·it
(ĭn-hĕr'ĭt) 
v., -it·ed, -it·ing, -its. v.tr.
To hold or take possession of an inheritance.
v., -it·ed, -it·ing, -its. v.tr.
- To receive (property or a title, for example) from an ancestor by legal succession or will.
- To receive by bequest or as a legacy.
- To receive or take over from a predecessor: The new administration inherited the economic problems of the last four years.
- Biology. To receive (a characteristic) from one's parents by genetic transmission.
- To gain (something) as one's right or portion.
To hold or take possession of an inheritance.
[Middle English enheriten, from Old French enheriter, to make heir to, from Late Latin inhērēditāre, to inherit : Latin in-, in; see in-2 + Late Latin hērēditāre, to inherit (from Latin hērēs, hērēd-, heir).]
inheritor in·her'i·tor n.Fowler's Modern English Usage:
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inheritor
meaning 'a person who inherits', is spelt -or, not -er. It can be used of both a man and a woman.
| inherent, ingénue, ingratiate | |
| inhuman, inhumane, initial, initiate |
Barron's Business Dictionary:
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inherit
To acquire a property from one who died, either by devise (will) or by descent (from one’s ancestor by operation of law).
| Inherent Explosion Clause, Ingress and Egress, Ingot | |
| Inheritance, Inheritance Tax, Initial |
Roget's Thesaurus:
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This entry contains information applicable to United States law only.
To receive property according to the state laws of intestate succession from a decedent who has failed to execute a valid will, or, where the term is applied in a more general sense, to receive the property of a decedent by will.
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inheritor
IN BRIEF: Someone who gets something from another who has died.
They had that air of readiness for what would come to them, a kind of surety, an expectancy, the look of an inheritor.
— D.H. Lawrence (1885-1930), British author.
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Saunders Veterinary Dictionary:
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inherited
Received by inheritance.
- i. achondroplastic dwarfism — see achondroplastic dwarfism.
- i. combined immunodeficiency — see combined immune deficiency syndrome (disease).
- i. congenital defects — inherited defects visible at birth.
- i. defects — conditions caused by genes which condition the structure or function of an organ or tissue.
- i. diseases — see inherited defects.
- i. metabolic defects — errors of metabolism conditioned by genes.
- i. trait — a distinguishing characteristic or quality received by inheritance.
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Inherit may refer to:
- Inheritance, passing on of property after someone's death
- Heredity, passing of genetic traits to offspring
- Inheritance (object-oriented programming), way to compartmentalize and re-use computer code
- Inherit (album), 2008 work by the group Free Kitten
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Inherit
Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - arve, få
v. intr. - arve
Français (French)
v. tr. - hériter, succéder à, (fig) hériter de
v. intr. - hériter
Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - κληρονομώ
Português (Portuguese)
v. - herdar
Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - heredar
v. intr. - heredar, suceder, ser heredero
Svenska (Swedish)
v. - ärva (äv. bildl.)
中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
继承, 经遗传而获得, 接受遗产
中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 繼承, 經遺傳而獲得
v. intr. - 接受遺產
한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 상속하다, 이어받다
v. intr. - 재산을 상속하다, 권한을 이어받다
日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 受け継ぐ, 相続する, 受ける, 後を継ぐ
עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ירש
v. intr. - ירש
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