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[ in-her -it ] SHOW IPA
/ ɪnˈhɛr ɪt / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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verb (used with object) to take or receive (property, a right, a title, etc.) by succession or will, as an heir: to inherit the family business.
to receive as if by succession from predecessors: the problems the new government inherited from the previous administration.
to receive (a genetic character or trait) by the transmission of hereditary factors.
to succeed (a person) as heir.
to receive as one's portion; come into possession of: to inherit his brother's old clothes.
SEE MORE SEE LESS verb (used without object) to take or receive property or the like by virtue of being heir to it.
to receive qualities, powers, duties, etc., as by inheritance (followed by from ).
to have succession as heir.
SEE MORE SEE LESS Origin of inherit First recorded in 1275–1325; Middle English en(h)erit(i)en, from Middle French enheriter, from Late Latin inhērēditāre “to make heir”; see in-3 , hereditary
OTHER WORDS FROM inherit pre·in·her·it, verb (used with object) re·in·her·it, verb Words nearby inherit inherence, inherency, inherent, inherent immunity, inherently, inherit , inheritable, inheritance, inheritance tax, inherited, inherited character
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Example sentences from the Web for inherit Simon did not expect to inherit , and in a way he never really did.
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This demographic reality means that whoever wins the suburban vote in 2016 and beyond will inherit the political future.
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Having said that, leadership is not a birth right that you inherit and it just keeps going.
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The anti-evolutionists were as humiliated in this performance as they were in Inherit the Wind.
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For good and ill, they will inherit the world their elders made for them.
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Secondly, a right, before any other man, to inherit with his brethren his father's goods.
Second Treatise of Government | John Locke
She expected to inherit all, and is not satisfied with the competency left to her.
The Story of Charles Strange Vol. 2 (of 3) | Mrs. Henry Wood
We don't know whether that young Weldon, who is paying her attentions just now, is going to inherit his father's money or not.
Aunt Jane's Nieces Abroad | Edith Van Dyne
Why could not the excluded territory continue under the old regime, or inherit , so to speak, the old government machinery?
Fifty Years In The Northwest | William Henry Carman Folsom
The son of this union may be ambitious, imaginative, and energetic, for he may inherit all those qualities from his foreparents.
Not Guilty | Robert Blatchford
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British Dictionary definitions for inherit verb -its , -iting or -ited to receive (property, a right, title, etc) by succession or under a will
(intr) to succeed as heir
(tr) to possess (a characteristic) through genetic transmission
(tr) to receive (a position, attitude, property, etc) from a predecessor
Derived forms of inherit inherited , adjective inheritor , noun inheritress or inheritrix , fem n Word Origin for inherit C14: from Old French enheriter, from Late Latin inhērēditāre to appoint an heir, from Latin hērēs heir
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Words related to inherit derive, receive, acquire, obtain, succeed, take over, accede, get, come in for, come into
Medical definitions for inherit v. To receive a trait from one's parents by genetic transmission.
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