v., -it·ed, -it·ing, -its.

v.tr.

1. 1. To receive (property or a title, for example) from an ancestor by legal succession or will.
   2. To receive by bequest or as a legacy.
2. To receive or take over from a predecessor: The new administration inherited the economic problems of the last four years.
3. Biology. To receive (a characteristic) from one's parents by genetic transmission.
4. To gain (something) as one's right or portion.

v.intr.

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.

To acquire a property from one who died, either by devise (Will) or by descent (from one's ancestor by operation of law).

verb

To receive (property) from one who has died: come into. See get/lose, law.

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.

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.

IN BRIEF: To get from someone who has died.

In times of profound change, the learners inherit the earth, while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists. — Al Rogers

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - arve, få
v. intr. - arve

Nederlands (Dutch)
erven

Français (French)
v. tr. - hériter, succéder à, (fig) hériter de
v. intr. - hériter

Deutsch (German)
v. - erben

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - κληρονομώ

Italiano (Italian)
ereditare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - herdar

Русский (Russian)
наследовать

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

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يرث‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮ירש‬
v. intr. - ‮ירש‬

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