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verb (used with object)
1.
to take or receive (property, a right, a title, etc.) by succession or will, as an heir: to inherit the family business.
2.
to receive as if by succession from predecessors: the problems the new government inherited from its predecessors.
3.
to receive (a genetic character) by the transmission of hereditary factors.
4.
to succeed (a person) as heir.
5.
to receive as one's portion; come into possession of: to inherit his brother's old clothes.
verb (used without object)
6.
to take or receive property or the like by virtue of being heir to it.
7.
to receive qualities, powers, duties, etc., as by inheritance (followed by from).
8.
to have succession as heir.
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Inheriting
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Origin:
1275–1325; Middle English en(h)erit(i)en < Middle French enheriter < Late Latin inhērēditāre to make heir. See in-3, hereditary
1275–1325; Middle English en(h)erit(i)en < Middle French enheriter < Late Latin inhērēditāre to make heir. See in-3, hereditary
Related forms
half-in·her·it·ed, adjective
non·in·her·it·ed, adjective
pre·in·her·it, verb (used with object)
qua·si-in·her·it·ed, adjective
re·in·her·it, verb
EXPANDun·in·her·it·ed, adjective
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Word Origin & History
inherit
c.1300, "to make (someone) an heir," from O.Fr. enheriter "make heir, appoint as heir," from L.L. inhereditare "to appoint as heir," from L. in- "in" + hereditare "to inherit," from heres (gen. heredis) "heir." Sense of "receive inheritance" arose mid-14c.; original sense is retained in disinherit.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary
inherit in·her·it (ĭn-hěr'ĭt)
v. in·her·it·ed, in·her·it·ing, in·her·its
To receive a trait from one's parents by genetic transmission.
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