Inherit(v. t.)
- To take by descent from an ancestor; to take by inheritance; to take as heir on the death of an ancestor or other person to whose estate one succeeds; to receive as a right or title descendible by law from an ancestor at his decease; as, the heir inherits the land or real estate of his father; the eldest son of a nobleman inherits his father's title; the eldest son of a king inherits the crown.
Inherit(v. t.)
- To receive or take by birth; to have by nature; to derive or acquire from ancestors, as mental or physical qualities; as, he inherits a strong constitution, a tendency to disease, etc.
Inherit(v. t.)
- To come into possession of; to possess; to own; to enjoy as a possession.
Inheritance(n.)
- The act or state of inheriting; as, the inheritance of an estate; the inheritance of mental or physical qualities.
Inheritance(n.)
- That which is or may be inherited; that which is derived by an heir from an ancestor or other person; a heritage; a possession which passes by descent.
Inheritance(n.)
- A permanent or valuable possession or blessing, esp. one received by gift or without purchase; a benefaction.
Inheritance(n.)
- Transmission and reception by animal or plant generation.
Inheritance(n.)
- A perpetual or continuing right which a man and his heirs have to an estate; an estate which a man has by descent as heir to another, or which he may transmit to another as his heir; an estate derived from an ancestor to an heir in course of law.
Inheritances
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Inheritance's
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