transitive. To pass on to offspring, or to posterity; to transmit, esp. by procreation. Obsolete.
| 单词 | θ176735 |
| 释义 | society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > right to succeed to title, position, or estate > succession > cause to descend by succession [verb (transitive)] > cause to descend by inheritance (25) traduce1568 transitive. To pass on to offspring, or to posterity; to transmit, esp. by procreation. Obsolete. convey1592 To transmit to posterity, to hand down. Obsolete. bequeath1614 To make a formal assignation of (property of which one is possessed) to any one, figurative. To transmit (to posterity), to ‘leave’. transmit1629 figurative. To convey or communicate (usually something immaterial) to another or others; to pass on, esp. by inheritance or heredity; to hand down. deduce1633 figurative. To bring down, convey by inheritance. to hand down1722 transitive. To pass on (esp. knowledge, a tradition, property, or an item of clothing) to a later generation or age. Cf. to hand on at phrasal verbs… to pass down1854 transitive. To hand down or bequeath (esp. to a later generation). Cf. hand, v. 7. Subcategories:— give as inheritance (2) — cause to inherit (3) — fall to as inheritance (1) — inherit (8) — put together inheritances for division (1) — divide land according to gavelkind (1) — return a person as heir (1) — make return to Chancery (1) |
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