verb trans
to receive (property) from an ancestor at his or her death, either by succession or under the terms of a will
to receive (something, e.g. a physical attribute) by genetic transmission
She's inherited her father's good looks
to come to possess (something) because it was left by a predecessor
to receive something by inheritance
inheritor noun
[Middle English enheriten to make heir, inherit, via French from late Latin inhereditare to appoint as heir, from in-2 + hered-, heres heir]